Journal article
A universal fixation method based on quaternary ammonium salts (RNAlater) for omics-technologies: Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a case study
Flanders Institute for Biotechnology1
Ghent University2
KU Leuven3
Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark4
Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark5
Chalmers University of Technology6
Vrije Universiteit Brussel7
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute8
Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and fluxomics are powerful omics-technologies that play a major role in today’s research. For each of these techniques good sample quality is crucial. Major factors contributing to the quality of a sample is the actual sampling procedure itself and the way the sample is stored directly after sampling.
It has already been described that RNAlater can be used to store tissues and cells in a way that the RNA quality and quantity are preserved. In this paper, we demonstrate that quaternary ammonium salts (RNAlater) are also suitable to preserve and store samples from Saccharomyces cerevisiae for later use with the four major omics-technologies.
Moreover, it is shown that RNAlater also preserves the cell morphology and the potential to recover growth, permitting microscopic analysis and yeast cell culturing at a later stage.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Year: | 2013 |
Pages: | 891-900 |
ISSN: | 15736776 and 01415492 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10529-013-1163-0 |