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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Russel Jackson Lander, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael Albert Winters, Doylestown, PA (US);
Francis Jeremiah Meacle, London, GB;
Inventors:
Russel Jackson Lander, Lansdale, PA (US);
Michael Albert Winters, Doylestown, PA (US);
Francis Jeremiah Meacle, London, GB;
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a nonchromatographic-based process for the isolation of clinical grade plasmid DNA from bacterial cells. The exemplified methods described herein outline a scaleable, economically favorable protocol for the purification of clinical grade plasmid DNA fromwhich includes CTAB-based precipitation of DNA in combination with adsorption of impurities to calcium silicate.