A simple, rapid and effective method for total RNA extraction from Lentinula edodes
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Published on: February 22, 2010
Jun-Hui Li1, Chuan-Hong Tang, Chun-Yan Song
1College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, PR China.
Abstract:
A rapid, inexpensive and reliable method for total RNA extraction from fruiting bodies of Lentinula edodes containing large quantities of polysaccharides and secondary metabolites is described. An initial extraction step using saturated NaCl solution facilitates the separation of nucleic acids from contaminants and, after further extraction with organic solvents and precipitation with 2-propanol, total RNA of high purity and suitable for applications such as cDNA synthesis, RT-PCR and Northern blot hybridization was obtained. The procedure may also have wider applicability for total RNA extraction from the tissues of other mushrooms.

