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MgCl2 is used to preserve the integrity of membrane system by counteracting the fixed negative charges of membrane phospholipid. Depending on what you want to extract, it tries to protect the component you are interested in (DNA/RNA/red blood cells, etc) from being lyzed by broken-open lysosome for instance.
