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Posted 13 February 2009 - 03:28 AM
Help!!!!! I have a question. After using a sonicator in preparation for RNA extraction I achieved results that showed the RNA had been sheared and there was contamination with genomic DNA. Does anyone know why the RNA is damaged yet the DNA is not?????
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Posted 13 February 2009 - 08:08 AM
presence of rnases? maybe not sufficiently inhibited (may explain why sheared rather than gone).
are you talking about shearing of the 28s and 18s rrnas or a smear of mrnas?
a smear of mrnas is normal.
are you talking about shearing of the 28s and 18s rrnas or a smear of mrnas?
a smear of mrnas is normal.
Edited by mdfenko, 13 February 2009 - 08:10 AM.
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