RNAseZAP / RNAseAWAY

[Hiranya Roychowdhury]

On 12 May 1995, Kusol wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I think one of the main ingredient in those two bottles is NaOH.  Because I
> remember reading somewhere that you could get rid of RNAse with 0.5M NaOH. 
> When I checked the pH of RNAseZAP with pH paper, it turns out to be ~9.5.
> 
> Kusol
> e-mail:  pootanak at hermes.bc.edu
> 
> 
That is interesting! Wouldn't 0.5M NaOH also eliminate the RNA?

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