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TRI® Reagent RNA Isolation Reagent

Description: TRI Reagent is an improved version of the single-step total RNA isolation reagent developed by Chomczynski (1). The RNA isolation method based on this reagent is widely recognized and proven for RNA applications and is supported by a substantial publication list (2,3,4,5). It is ideal for quick, economical, and efficient isolation of total RNA or the simultaneous isolation of RNA, DNA and proteins from samples of human, animal, plant, yeast, bacterial and viral origin.

Beneficial Features

Yield

Better yields than traditional guanidine thiocyanate or cesium chloride methods

Versatile

Works with many sources including human, plant, yeast, bacterial or viral

Convenience

Three convenient formulations

Efficient

Easily scalable RNA isolation

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Tri Reagent RNA Isolation Reagent

Product Number
Product Description
Product Size
Tri Reagent RNA, DNA and Protein Isolation Reagent
25, 100 and 200 ml
Tri Reagent BD
25, 100 and 200 ml
Tri Reagent LS
25, 100 and 200 ml
1-Bromo-3-Chloropropane (BCP)
200 ml

Tri Reagent Formulations

Product Name
Sample Type
Sample Volume
TRI Reagent Volume
TRI Reagent
Tissues, cultured adherent cells, cell pellets
up to 100 mg tissue, 107 cells or 102 cm plate area
1 ml
TRI Reagent BD
Whole blood, plasma, serum
0.25 ml blood derivatives
0.75 ml
TRI Reagent LS
Cell suspension, CSF, amniotic fluid
0.25 ml fluid samples
0.75 ml

Typical RNA Yield

Tissue
Yield
(µg RNA/mg tissue)
Cultured Cells
Total RNA Yield
(µg RNA/mg tissue)
Liver
6 - 10
Epithelial
8 - 15
Spleen
6 - 10
Fibroblast
5 - 7
Kidney
3 - 4


Skeletal Muscle
1 - 1.5


Brain
1 - 1.5


Placenta
1 - 4



Total RNA was prepared from HeLa cells using TRI Reagent from Sigma and other various suppliers

Figure 1. Total RNA from HeLa cells was prepared using Tri Reagents from Supplier R (Lane 1), Sigma (Lane 2) and Supplier L (Lane 3). A 2 µl aliquot out of 200 µl total RNA was analyzed on a 1% agarose gel. RNA Marker (M) used ranged from 0.2 bp - 10 kb (Product Code R7020).

TRI Reagent RNA Isolation Reagent

References
1. Chomczynski, P. and Sacchi, N., Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal. Biochem. 162: 156 (1987).

2. Chomczynski, P., A reagent for the single-step simultaneous isolation of RNA, DNA and proteins from cell and tissue samples. BioTechniques 15: 532-537 (1993).

3. Mackey, K. and Chomczynski, P., Long-term stability of RNA isolation reagents. J. NIH Res. 8: 72 (1996).

4. Wilfinger, W., et al., Effect of pH and ionic strength on the spectrophotometric assessment of nucleic acid purity.BioTechniques 22: 474-481(1997).

5. Chomczynski, P. and Mackey, K., Modification of the Tri Reagent. procedure for isolation of RNA from polysaccharide- and proteoglycan-rich sources.BioTechniques 19: 924-945(1995).