Ribonucleic acid (RNA) from baker?s yeast S. cerevisiae may be used as a substrate for studying ribonuclease activities of enzymes such as RNAase(s). It is also suitable for use as a carrier in nucleic acid purification and precipitation.
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Applications
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) from baker′s yeast S. cerevisiae may be used as a substrate for studying ribonuclease activities of enzymes such as RNAase(s). It is also suitable for use as a carrier in nucleic acid purification and precipitation.
Solubility
It is soluble in water.
Notes
Prepared by a modification of Crestfield, A.M., et al., J. Biol. Chem., 216, 185 (1955). Suitable for use as a ribonuclease substrate. Not suitable for use as a carrier in nucleic acid purification and precipitation
RUO – Research Use Only
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G Schmidt., K Seraidarian., LM Greenbaum. The effects of certain nutritional conditions on the formation of purines and of ribonucleic acidin baker’s yeast. Biochimica et biophysica acta. 1956, 20,135-149.