Overview |
Use denaturing agarose gel with formaldehyde to separate RNA based on the size. |
Duration |
5 hrs |
1.1 |
Assemble agarose gel rigs and make denaturing RNA gel solution. |
1.2 |
Pour the RNA gel in hood |
1.3 |
After gel solidify, equilibrate gel with running buffer for at least 30 min before running. |
1.4 |
Mix 15 μg RNA sample with equal volume of 2× RNA loading buffer. Dilute 3 μg Millennium RNA Markers in same volume of 2× RNA loading buffer. Incubate @ 65 °C in the heating blocking for 12~15 min and put samples on ice immediately afterwards. |
1.5 |
Load all the samples to equilibrated gel and leave space between first sample and RNA marker. |
1.6 |
Run gel at 125 V for about 3 hrs |
Tip |
All the sample volume should not exceed the well volume of the gel comb. If RNA sample is too diluted, salt precipitate the RNA and resuspend with less H2O. |