How can I improve the PCR output of a low concentrated DNA?
Posted November 24, 2020
Answer
If you are experiencing low yield of PCR product, then try the following to improve output:
- If the concentration of your DNA sample is too low, then use ethanol precipitation to concentrate your DNA sample
- Increase the number of PCR cycles to 45
- Optimize your annealing temperature
- Optimize your primer concentration, the concentration of each primer should range between 0.1 to 0.5 µM, but for most PCR applications 0.2 µM is sufficient
- Optimize your dNTPs concentration, each dNTPs should have a concentration of 200 µM
- Check primer design
Additional resources
Polymerase chain reaction: basic protocol plus troubleshooting and optimization strategies
ROX Reference Dye *50X fluorescence reference solution for PCR reactions*