RNAse stability

In article <dkling-130694154643 at 134.174.147.39>,
dkling at warren.med.harvard.edu (David Kling) wrote:

> Hi netters,
> 
> Does anybody know if RNAses are susceptible to freeze thawing 2 or 3 times?
> 
 

Are you kidding?  RNAses are so stable you can boil them for a half an hour
and they still work. You can also freeze and thaw them all you want and
they will never fail you...... Well, eventually they do degrade after a
while but it takes an awefully long time. 


Steve Coon
sdcoon at umich.edu
University of Michigan School of Dentistry