Methods and reagents is a unique monthly column that highlights curren
t discussions in the newsgroup bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, available
on the Internet. A commonly occurring theme on the net is the recover
y of DNA, and this month's column discusses the pros and cons of vario
us methods used to extract DNA fragments directly from agarose gels. F
or details on how to partake in the newsgroup, see the accompanying bo
x.