Appearance (Form)
Liquid
Appearance (Colour)
Colourless
Appearance (Clarity)
Clear
A260/A280
1.80 - 2.00
Agarose gel electrophoresis
Predominantly supercoiled Plasmid DNA with no RNA
Description
pUC19 is a high copy number plasmids derived from pBR322. This 2686 bp long plasmid contains an ampicillin resistance-conferring gene. pUC18 and pUC19 are identical except that they contain multiple cloning sites (MCS) arranged in opposite orientations. It is a popular teaching aid for demonstrating plasmid DNA isolation, restriction digestion and cloning.