QIAGEN's HiSpeed Plasmid Midi Kit includes QIAfilter cartridges and QIAprecipitator modules.

The Need for Speed

QIAGEN of Valencia, Calif., introduces the HiSpeed Plasmid Midi Kit, a rapid method for purification of up to 200 µg of plasmid or cosmid DNA. The kit includes QIAfilter cartridges and QIAprecipitator modules that eliminate the need to centrifuge bacterial lysates and isopropanol precipitates. The purification procedure takes only 45 minutes to complete.

QIAGEN, (800) 426-8157, www.qiagen.com

Dyn-o-mite Deal

Through March 2001, MJ Research of Waltham, Mass. is offering 100 units of Dynazyme EXT Polymerase free upon request (a $50 value) with every purchase of a Finnzymes MGS (Mutation Generation System) Kit. MGS is a quick, highly random, and versatile, transposon-based mutagenesis system, and Dynazyme EXT is a high-fidelity polymerase that can be used for PCR reactions up to 40 kb long.

MJ Research, (888) 735-8437, www.mjr.com

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