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--[[User:Wzdd|Wzdd]] ([[User talk:Wzdd|talk]]) 21:11, 2 October 2016 (BST)== Phenol-chloroform extraction == 

The process is divided into three phases: homogenisation, extraction, and resuspension.

=== Homogenisation ===
The first step is to break open the cells and suspend their contents in an extractable form.

# If your sample is cells in liquid (e.g. blood, spit), pelletise the sample by centrifuging. Discard the liquid.
# Suspend in 100ul homogenisation buffer, comprising 10mm edta, 60mm nacl, and 10mm tris (lowered to a pH of 7.5 using HCl)
# Add equal volume solubilisation buffer, comprising 2% SDS, 30mm EDTA, 200mm tris (lowered to a pH of 9 using HCl)
# Add 5ul/ml proteinase-k (i.e. 10 ul)
# Incubate at 37C for 1 hour

=== Extraction ===

# Add equal volume phenol-chloroform (i.e. 200ul)
# Emulsify by shaking (gently) or upending.
# Centrifuge at 13000 RPM for 10 minutes.
# You should see an organic layer at the bottom, an interface layer, and an aqueous layer at the top. Take the aqueous layer.

=== Precipitation and resuspension ===

# Add 0.1 volumes sodium acetate (i.e. for 100ul of supernatant, add 10ul sodium acetate)
# Add 0.7 volumes IPA.
# Incubate at room temperature for 10-15 minutes
# Spin down at 13000 RPM for 10-15 minutes.
# Decant the IPA leaving only a glassy / clear pellet at the bottom. (IPA-precipitated pellets are glassy / clear; ethanol-precipitated pellets are white)
# Let the pellet dry completely so that no IPA remains, perhaps by incubating at 37C.
# Resuspend to 100ul with TE buffer, nuclease-free water, or R0 water.