miniprep
Speech parts
1. miniprep - Noun
2. miniprep - Verb
Meaning
miniprep (countable and uncountable, plural minipreps)
(molecular biology) A rapid, small-scale isolation of plasmid DNA from bacteria.
miniprep (third-person singular simple present minipreps, present participle miniprepping, simple past and past participle miniprepped)
To perform a miniprep procedure.
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Examples
In essence, this is a scaled-up miniprep followed by additional purification.
There are several methods to isolate plasmid DNA from bacteria, the archetypes of which are the miniprep and the maxiprep/bulkprep.