 
								Optimizedforhighyield,highqualitybiotin-aRNA
 HighlyreproducIBLeamplification,labeling,andmicroarrayresults. HighlyreproducIBLeamplification,labeling,andmicroarrayresults.
- MultipleRNAsamplescanbeeasilyamplifiedandlabeledsimultaneously.
- LinearRNAamplificationprocesspreservesthetranscriptprofileofthesample.
- Simple,single-tube,6-hourprocedure.Preparebiotin-aRNAandbeginhybridizationthesameday.
- Biotin-aRNAproducedbythekitdetectsmoretranscripts(genes)thancompetitorkitsandshowedhighcorrelationwithMAQCTaqMan®data(Fig.1).
Applications
TheTargetAmp™1-RoundBiotin-aRNAAmplificationKit105*producesmicrogramamountsofbiotin-antisenseRNA(biotin-aRNA,alsocalledbiotin-cRNA)fromaslittleas25ngoftotalcellularRNA.Thekitprovidesallreagentsforthepreparationofbiotin-aRNA(exceptreversetranscriptaseandRNApurificationcolumns)andusesanimprovedEberwine-typelinearamplificationmethod1toachieveatleast5,000-foldamplificationofthepoly(A)RNApresentinatotalcellularRNAsample.Theentireprocedurecanbecompletedin1day.
Table1.ATargetAmp™Kit105reactionproduceshighyieldsofbiotin-aRNAfromaslittleas25ngofinputtotalRNA.Resultsrepresenttheaverageofmultipleexperiments.
| AmountofInputHeLaTotalRNA | Biotin-aRNAYieldfromHeLaTotalRNAa | 
| 25ng | 4.1µg | 
| 100ng | 13.7µg | 
| 500ng | 64.9µg | 
a.Approximately2%ofHeLatotalRNAispoly(A)RNA.
|  | Figure1.CorrelationofexpressionratiosobtainedfromqPCRandfrommicroarrayshybridizedtoaRNApreparedwiththeTargetAmp™105kit.Xaxis,log2expressionratiosdeterminedfromHumanGenomeU133Plus2.0Arrays(Affymetrix)hybridizedtotargetspreparedbytheTargetAmp105kit;Yaxis,log2expressionratiosdeterminedbytheMAQC,usingTaqMan®assays.Thehighcorrelationobtained(r=0.936)indicatestheexcellentfidelityoftheamplificationprocess. | 
References
- VanGelder,R.N.etal.(1990)Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA87,1663.
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