1. If you do an absorbance reading after plasmid purification and get a A260/A280 of less than 1.8, how could you further purify the sample to get rid of the protein contamination? Is it always necessary to have completely pure DNA? What are some cases where it would or would not be?

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1. If you do an absorbance reading after plasmid purification and get a A260/A280 of less than 1.8, how could you further purify the sample to get rid of the protein contamination? Is it always necessary to have completely pure DNA? What are some cases where it would or would not be?

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