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Ordering dsRNA Primers
Preparing dsRNA
Template Preparation
- set up a 250 uL PCR reaction
- 25 uL 10X KOD buffer
- 25 uL dNTPs
- 50 uL Primers (sense and antisense combined and diluted to 1 uM. 2 uL of each primer plus 196 uL of water)
- 15 uL MgCl (this can be adjusted to optimize PCR conditions)
- Template (previously prepared PCR product or 1 uL of cDNA)
- 2 uL KOD polymerase
- 132uL Water (bring up to 250 uL)
- Run using TD-KOD program
- transfer PCR product to a clean tube. Add 25 uL of 3M NaAcetate (pH 5.2) and 500 uL ice cold ethanol (stored at -20).
- Incubate on ice for >20 min.
- Centrifuge 5 min at 4C on high in eppendorf centrifuge.
- Carefully aspirate supernatant. Add 1 mL 70% ethanol and centrifuge again.
- Aspirate supernatant and let pellet air dry.
- Resuspend in 20 uL EB and measure concentration by nanodrop.
RNA Synthesis
- Prepare RNA synthesis reaction (RiboMAX Large Scale RNA Preparation Kit):
- 20 uL T7 Buffer
- 30 uL rNTPs (prepare by combining equal volmes of rNTP together)
- 10 uL Enzyme mix
- 10 ug PCR product
- water to bring volume up to 100 uL
- Place in PCR machine and incubate overnight at 37C (37 hold program)
Quantify RNA
- Dilute RNA 10x in loading dye
- Load 1 and 3 uL of diluted RNA, plus 4 or 8 uL of 1 kB Plus DNA Ladder
- Using ImageJ, quantify ladder and dsRNA bands and calculate concentration. Check that the dilutions are close to 3x apart in signal intensity.
- Label RNA with concentration and store at -20