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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2011 Aug 2;34(5):408–418. doi: 10.1002/nur.20448

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Assessment of total riboneucleic acid (RNA) quality for adipose tissue. Total RNA from adipose tissue extracted using Stat-60 (3A and 4A) and Trizol plus RNeasy Lipid Kit (3B and 4B) were analyzed by capillary electrophoresis (Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer). Shown for each sample is the electropherogram indicating florescent intensity (y-axis) vs. time (x-axis). In samples 3B and 4B the 2 major peaks correspond to the 18s (at ~ 42 sec) and the 28s (at ~ 48 sec). Lack of the 18s and 28s peaks in samples 3A and 4A indicate degradation of RNA. The corresponding computer generated gel from the electropherogram is shown for each sample. The two dark bands correspond to the 18s and 28s rRNA.