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Ensuring recovery of intact RNA from rat pancreas
S S Gill1, R A Aubin, C A Bura
1Life Sciences Division (BDR), Sir F.G. Banting Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Molecular Biotechnology
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
The isolation of intact RNA from rat pancreas is compromised by autolysis and by the presence of endogenous ribonucleases. In order to ameliorate recovery we systematically investigated available RNA extraction methods and paid particular attention to the influence of frozen storage and ribonuclease inhibition strategies on overall yield and quality of RNA. Modifications to the basic procedure of Chomczynski and Sacchi (1987) are described which allow, reproducibly, to obtain rat pancreatic RNA suitable for Northern blot hybridization, RT-PCR, and differential display analysis.