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tri reagent not compatible with plastic? - (Mar/07/2010 )

so on the protocol from sigma it says that TRI reagent is not compatible with plastic culture dishes....but I have no glass dishes! (not enough for my samples, at least)
However, this study (http://www.jbc.org/content/275/7/4949.full) used TRI reagent in t25 flasks.

anyone have experience with TRI reagent and the dish type?

Thanks!

-prof. moriarty-

Polypropylene, used for most lab plasticware, is resistant, while the polystyrene used for petri dishes and serological pipets will dissolve.

-phage434-