- Process up to 3 mL of blood and concentrate leukocyte RNA down to 10 to 20 µL
- Fractionate leukocytes from whole blood in minutes with provided RBC Lysis Buffer
- No phenol or chloroform extractions
- Isolate total leukocyte RNA, including all small RNA species
- Rapid and convenient spin-column format
- Purified RNA is ready for any downstream application including RT-PCR, qRT-PCR, NGS, arrays and more
- Purified RNA is suitable for a variety of downstream applications, including Small RNA Sequencing. Find out more information on Norgen"s NGS services
- Buffer chemistry inactivates viruses including SARS-CoV-2 - Explore the Application Note
Leukocyte RNA Purification Plus Kit
Norgen’s Leukocyte RNA Purification Plus Kit provides a rapid method for the isolation and purification of total leukocyte (white blood cell) RNA from up to 3 mL of mammalian blood samples. RNA isolated from blood can be used in various expression studies including those focusing on diseases. However, a major problem with blood RNA isolation is that a large portion of the RNA present is globin mRNA, which is found primarily in red blood cells. In fact, up to 70% of the mass of mRNA in whole blood total RNA is globin transcripts. Therefore, it is desirable to be able to remove the red blood cells from the sample and isolate only the RNA associated with the leukocytes, which will result in improved expression profiling and other applications by removing the masking effects of this abundant globin mRNA. Norgen’s Leukocyte RNA Purification Plus Kit can be used to isolate and purify total leukocyte RNA, including all small RNAs, from mammalian blood samples.