ISSN:
1573-4919
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
Notes:
Summary RNA extraction from mammalian tissue has been compared using the different deproteinizing agents: a) guanidine-HCl, b) guanidinium-thiocyanate, c) buffer-saturated phenol, or d) buffer-saturated phenol followed by a proteinase K digestion of the aqueous phase. Both solid tissues (first, second, and third trimester fetal bovine pancreas), and human white blood cell populations were studied. Degradation, as seen in citric acid-urea agarose gels, and the ability to serve as templates for cell-free protein synthesis were used as criteria to assess the efficiency of the different methods. We conclude that employing buffer-saturated phenol with proteinase K digestion is a superior method for consistent extraction of relatively undegraded RNA in quantitative amounts from mammalian tissue.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00227211
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