The gel electrophoresis results are shown in the figure. The control plasmid (~10,000 bp) displays the standard three bands, whereas my extracted plasmid (~2,500 bp) consistently shows multiple bands. Is my ~2,500 bp plasmid unsuitable as a substrate for the topoisomerase activity assay due to these unexplained bands? Should I switch to another plasmid for testing topoisomerase activity, such as one for E. coli Topo I?