甲酰胺
核糖核酸
琼脂糖
电泳
化学
毛细管电泳
色谱法
凝胶电泳
分子生物学
RNA提取
琼脂糖凝胶电泳
DNA
生物化学
生物
基因
有机化学
作者
Tomáš Mašek,Václav Vopálenský,Petra Suchomelová,Martin Pospíšek
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2004.09.010
摘要
Current methods of analytical RNA electrophoresis are based on the utilization of either complicated laboratory instrumentation or toxic, carcinogenic, or expensive chemicals. We suggest here the use of classical Tris–acetate–ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (TAE) agarose gels combined with prior denaturation of RNA samples in hot formamide for the electrophoretic separation of RNA species. We present a brief comparison of the proposed TAE/formamide method with the most common 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid/formaldehyde agarose gel protocol and show that both methods produce comparable results for size determination of RNA molecules and subsequent Northern blotting of gels. In addition to purified RNA samples, the robustness of the TAE/formamide protocol is demonstrated by its suitability for the analysis of RNA quality in crude yeast cell lysates containing large amounts of proteins, DNA, and other contaminating molecules. We therefore propose the TAE/formamide agarose electrophoresis as a rapid, simple, and cheaper alternative to current methods of RNA electrophoresis. Additionally, another benefit is the reduced exposure of laboratory personnel to hazardous chemicals.
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