TABLE 1.

Commercial DNA extraction kits based on the solid-phase purification protocol

Kit	Vendor	Method
Generation capture column kit	Gentra Systems	Non-silica-based column
NucliSens isolation kit	Organon Teknika	Silica particles
QIAmp DNA Mini Kit	Qiagen	Silica-based membrane-column
UltraClean blood spin kit	MoBio Laboratories	Silica-based membrane
MagPrep blood genomic DNA kit	Novagen	Magnetic silica particles
SNAP whole blood DNA kit	Invitrogen	Silica-based membrane-column
GFX genomic blood DNA purification kit	Amersham	Glass fiber matrix