Seattle BioMed

Sequence Reaction Guidelines

1/16th Big Dye Reaction in 5ul

0.5ul of Big Dye Mix
0.75ul of Applied Biosystems 5x dilution buffer (provided with kits)
3-5pmols of primer
template per the following guidelines
q.s to 5ul

Template Quantity Per Reaction
100–200 bp PCR product 2-4 ng
200–500 bp PCR product 0.5-3 ng
500–1000 bp PCR product 2-20 ng
1000–2000 bp PCR product 5-40 ng
>2000 bp PCR product 10-50 ng
Single-stranded plasmid: 10-50 ng
Double-stranded plasmid: 50-300 ng
Cosmid, BAC 0.5–1.0 µg
Bacterial genomic DNA 2–3 µg

Cycling Conditions

For 1 cycle:
96° 1min
For 25 cycles:
96° 10sec
50° 5sec
60° 4min
For 1 cycle:
4°   ¥

Reactions should be submitted  in PCR strip tubes with strip caps. Tubes with individual or attached caps will not be accepted. We recommend strip tubes from Genesee Scientific, P/N 22-705.