An accepted method for studying the metabolic activity of the cell under experimental conditions has been to measure its protein, RNA and DNA composition, and the incorporation of specific precursors into these components. This gives valuable information as to the functioning of the mechanisms invol
A phenol technique for extraction of alkylated DNA, RNA, and protein from a single tissue sample
β Scribed by Lawrence C. Panasci; Dianna C. Green; Patricia A. Fox; Philip S. Schein
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 594 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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β¦ Synopsis
A procedure for extracting DNA, RNA, and protein from an L1210 leukemia cell sample is described. Sodium deoxycholate and 154 mM NaCl in the presence of phenol extracts cytoplasmic RNA. Sodium deoxycholate, paminosalicylate, and 1 M NaCl in the presence of phenol extracts the DNA. The DNA is then freed of RNA with RNase Tl and T2. Cytoplasmic RNA with no detectable DNA and less than 0.02% protein contamination was so obtained. The DNA isolated had less than 3% uracil as compared to thymine and no more than 0.1% protein. The extraction procedures are especially useful for investigating nucleotide alterations in nucleic acids by chemical carcinogens and alkylating agents in tissue samples of only 2 x IO8 cells. The procedure has also been successfully applied to murine bone marrow cells, human bone marrow cells, HeLa cells, and myeloblasts from a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.
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