Separation of RNA according to Size: Electrophoresis of RNA through Denaturing Urea Polyacrylamide Gels

Author:

Green Michael R.,Sambrook Joseph

Abstract

Thin (0.4–1.5 mm) polyacrylamide-urea gels provide high resolution of RNAs up to 1000 nt in size and are capable of resolving single-stranded fragments of RNA that differ in length by as little as 1 nt. The polyacrylamide gel is cast between two glass plates that are separated by two thin Teflon or nylon spacers. A so-called shark's tooth comb or, less frequently, a standard slotted comb forms the sample wells into which the RNA samples are loaded before electrophoresis. In contrast to electrophoresis using agarose gels, which occurs while the gel is horizontal, polyacrylamide gels are run while in the vertical position. Gels are also typically run at 45°C–55°C, which is the melting temperature of RNA, and in the presence of 6–8 m urea. The gel recipe and protocol presented here for 8 m urea/TBE polyacrylamide gels can be used for a variety of applications including mapping RNA with nuclease S1, ribonuclease protection assay, or analysis of RNA by primer extension.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Subject

General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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