Quantification of Small Non-Coding RNAs Allows an Accurate Comparison of miRNA Expression Profiles
Figure 3
(a) Gel electrophoresis (polyacrylamide 15% stained with ethidium bromide) of LMW RNA samples (LCL) extracted with TRIzol reagent (lane 1), RNEasy kit (lane 2), and small RNA fraction enriched with MirVana kit (lane 3). LMW profile obtained with MirVana kit extraction is similar to that obtained with TRIzol reagent which is not shown for clarity. (b) Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer electropherogram profile of LMW RNAs (LCL) extracted with TRIzol (black) superimposed on 5.8S (red), 5S (green), and tRNA (blue) bands eluted from polyacrylamide gel. (c) Lymphoblastoid (LCL) LMW RNA profile obtained after plotting the exported raw data from Agilent electropherogram () together with the PeakFit fitted curve (solid line) and the component peak functions. Seven peaks below the LMW RNA profile were fitted by the software .
) together with the PeakFit fitted curve (solid line) and the component peak functions. Seven peaks below the LMW RNA profile were fitted by the software .
