Fig. 5

Protein activity and PCR amplification from chemical lysates. (top) Activity of ferredoxin-NADP⁺ reductase, as measured by reduction of ferredoxin and subsequent reduction of cytochrome c, was comparable in lysates produced from beads and our chemical cocktail. (bottom) 1 % agarose gel showing PCR amplification from genomic DNA of a 700 bp DNA fragment from lysates produced with our cocktail