A method for trapping nucleic acids on a surface of a solid phase
substrate, which comprises the step of contacting a sample containing
nucleic acids and having a pH of 12 or higher with the surface of the
solid phase substrate on which divalent metal ions are immobilized, and a
method for trapping nucleic acids on a surface of a solid phase
substrate, which comprises the step of contacting a sample containing
nucleic acids and a magnesium compound, of which pH is adjusted to be 12
or higher, with the surface of the solid phase substrate.