Talk:Potassium acetate

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Potassium acetate is used in bacterial plasmid purification, as it separates proteins and carbohydrates from the chromosomal DNA, RNA, and plasmids. Crazedgiggles

Source? —Keenan Pepper 02:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/methods/2000-June/083524.html,

http://www.chemicalland21.com/industrialchem/inorganic/POTASSIUM%20ACETATE.htm

Multiple experimental methods.. Hard to find a specific source. It's just a common method of DNA extraction in genetics/molecular biology. Usually used at 3M. Crazedgiggles 16:16, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Surely Potassium Acetate is an organic compound? have altered the link at the bottom of the page appropriately. AulaTPN 15:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

No. It's an inorganic salt (polyatomic ion). 78.32.9.195 10:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)