<p class="jove_title">Reverse Transcriptase Reaction</p>
<p class="jove_content">Turn heating block to 70-80&deg;C and 42&deg;C. Water baths can also be used in this step. If using heating blocks, put some water so that the heat is uniform.</p>
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<li>Priming reaction<ol>
<li>Take 3 &mu;g of RNA</li>
<li>Adjust volume to 13 &mu;l with RNase free water</li>
<li>Add 2.5 &mu;l of random hexamer primers (2mg/mL)</li>
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<li>Mix well and incubate at 70-80&deg;C for 8 minutes. Then, place on ice for 5 min.</li>
<li>Prepare RT cocktail (14.5...

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<td>AA-dUTP</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Sigma</td>
<td>A0410</td>
<td>5-(3-aminoallyl)-2&#x2019;deoxyuridine-5&#x2019;-triphosphate</td>
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<td>dNTP</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Amersham</td>
<td>27-2035-01</td>
<td>100 mM dNTP Set PCR grade</td>
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<td>Random Hexamer primers</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Amersham</td>
<td>27-2166-01</td>
<td>3mg/mL</td>
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<td>SuperScript III RT</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Invitrogen</td>
<td>80800444</td>
<td>200U/&#x03BC;L</td>
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<td>CyDye&#x2122;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Amersham</td>
<td>RPN5661</td>
<td>Post-Labelling Reactive Dye Pack</td>
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<td>QIAquick</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Qiagen</td>
<td>28104</td>
<td>PCR Purification kit</td>
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<td>1M K2HPO4</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>1M KH2PO4</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>1M KPO4</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>To make a 1M Phosphate buffer (KPO4, pH 8.5-8.7) combine:
9.5 mL 1M K2HPO4 and 0.5 ml 1M KH2PO4
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<td>Phosphate wash buffer</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>For 100 mL Phosphate wash buffer (5 mM KPO4, pH 8.0, 80% EtOH) mix: 0.5 ml 1 M KPO4 pH 8.5 + 15.25 mL MilliQ water + 84.25 mL 95% ethanol. Wash buffer will be slightly cloudy.
** IMPORTANT: Phosphate wash buffer should be prepared daily.</td>
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<td>Phosphate elution buffer</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Diluting 1 M KPO4, pH 8.5 to 4 mM with sterile water</td>
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<td>Sodium Carbonate Buffer</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>(Na2CO3): 0.5M, pH 9.0. Dissolve 4.2 g NaHCO3 in 80 mL of sterile water and adjust pH to 9.0 with 10 N NaOH; bring volume up to 100 mL with sterile water. To make a 50 mM solution for the dye coupling reaction dilute 1:10 with water.
Note: Carbonate buffer changes composition over time; make it fresh every couple of weeks to a month.</td>
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