breaking small volumes of S.pombe

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I need to break small volumns of S. pombe (fision yeast), approx 1 ml, in
the presence of 100mM HCl to extract the acid soluble thiols.
I have tried grinding with no luck. Any other ideas.

David Salt, University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Hi David!
    You should be able to use acid washed glass beads 
0.5 mm diameter (sigma # G-9268) and vortex.
See article by Moreno et al (1991) in Method in Enzymology
vol 194,pg795.Ed by Guthrie and Fink (Guide to Yeast Genetics
and Molecular Biology)  A reference to DNA/RNA/ Protein preps
is on page 817-819.
Good Luck
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