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Protocol status: Working
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Created: July 05, 2022
Last Modified: September 13, 2023
Protocol Integer ID: 65948
Abstract
RNAlater recipe
Before you start
Before you start
1d
1d
Submerge all your equipment and glassware in 1% bleach to get rid of nuclease
Reagents
Reagents
1d
1d
DEPC treated water
1. Add 1 mL DEPC in 1 L ddH2O (0.1 % (v/v) ); MIX it well.
2. Let it sit for 24:00:00 at25 °C
3. Autoclave it to deactivate DEPC
4. Store the DEPC treated water at4 °C
1d
0.5 M Disodium dihydrate EDTA:
1. Add 18.61 g disodium dihydrate EDTA in 100 mL ddH2O
2. Adjust pH to 8.0 with NaOH while stiring
1 M tri-Sodium Citrate Dihydrate:
Add 29.4 g tri-Sodium Citrate Dihydrate in 100 mL ddH2O, stir to dissolve
1 M sulfuric acid:
Add 5.33 mL sulfuric acid in100 mLddH2O, stir to dissolve
Start to make RNAlater
Start to make RNAlater
Make a mixture of:
40 mL of 0.5 M EDTA + 25 mL1 M tri-Sodium Citrate + 700 gAmmonium Sulfate +935 mLddH2O; stir on a hot plate with low heat until ammonium sulfate dissolved
Allow it to cool; adjust the pH of the solution to pH 5.2 using 1 M sulfuric acid
Note
To avoid contamination from the immersed pH meter, adjust pH by pouring 10% of the solution in a new beaker and add base or acid to hit the right pH; then scale it up to the needed amount for the original solution and blindly adjust its pH
The final concentration: 25 mM Sodium Citrate, 10 mM EDTA, 70 g ammonium sulfate in 100 ml ddH2O; pH 5.2.
Transfer to screw top, nuclease-free bottles; label the date of make; store at 4 °C