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determined by using standard DNA fragments electrophoresis ? in parallel?
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Yes. It can be. Electrophoresis run in high heat remember? So all the intercellular bonds in DNa will be broken.

1 RE or 2 RE may be helpful to break down several fragment, to see the result easier.

DNA ladder will be needed as reference.
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No, you cannot determine the size of a supercoiled plasmid by standard electrophoresis.

You must first linearize the plasmid with a restriction enzyme to remove the supercoils, then you can determine size by comparing to a standard ladder.

Supercoiled plasmid runs at an unpredictably smaller molecular weight than linearized plasmid.
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