Can I get mtDNA from cells by using a DNA extraction kit?

Mousa Mohammadnia-Afrouzi @Mousa_Mohammadnia-Afrouzi

05 May 2014 1 7K Report

I want to extract mitochondrial DNA from human cells. Can I use usual DNA extraction kit?

My colleague regularly uses the Qiagen DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit to extract mitochondrial DNA for sequencing work, but there is also the QIAamp DNA micro kit for smaller samples.

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