scholarly journals [Letter to the Editor] Accelerated RNA–RNA hybridization by concentrated guanidinium thiocyanate solution in single-step RNA isolation

BioTechniques ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Triin Mölder ◽  
Mart Speek
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mo Li ◽  
Gerardo Ramos-Mandujano

Diagnosis and surveillance of emerging pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 depend on nucleic acid isolation from clinical and environmental samples. Under normal circumstances, samples would be processed using commercial proprietary reagents in Biosafety 2 (BSL-2) or higher facilities. A pandemic at the scale of COVID-19 has caused a global shortage of proprietary reagents and BSL-2 laboratories to safely perform testing. Therefore, alternative solutions are urgently needed to address these challenges. We developed an open-source method called Magneticnanoparticle-Aided Viral RNA Isolation of Contagious Samples (MAVRICS) that is built upon reagents that are either readily available or can be synthesized in any molecular biology laboratory with basic equipment. Unlike conventional methods, MAVRICS works directly in samples inactivated in acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform (e.g., TRIzol), thus allowing infectious samples to be handled safely without biocontainment facilities.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Yovilianda Maulitiva Untoro ◽  
Teguh Hari Sucipto ◽  
Harsasi Setyawati ◽  
Siti Churrotin ◽  
Ilham Harlan Amarullah ◽  
...  

Dengue virus distributed in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. DENV viruses are transmitted between humans primarily by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and are endemic in most areas in which the vectors occur. Four serotypes of dengue virus are DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4. DENV-2 is comprised of six genotypes. Ethanol precipitation is a commonly used technique for concentrating and de-salting nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) preparations in aqueous solution. RNA isolation by combining Guanidinium thiocyanate and phenol reported has been reported. In this report, we investigated RNA isolation from DENV-2 using QIAamp Mini Kit with 2-Isopropanol, Methanol, Chloroform precipitation solvent. Electrophoregram showed DNA band as  the result of RNA isolation with methanol and 2-isopropanol are produced quite well. Dna band of the of RNA isolation with chloroform solvent has the lowest intensity than methanol and 2-isopropanol. This study showed that methanol and 2-isopropanol  can used as precipitation solvent for isolating RNA.


BioTechniques ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Vareli ◽  
Maria Frangou-Lazaridis

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