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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: WORKING WITH DNA

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE ASSAY USING DEAE-CELLULOSE

Reverse Transcriptase Assay Using DEAE-Cellulose
Contributor: The Laboratory of J. Michael Bishop at the University of California, San Francisco
 
Procedure
1. Take 10 μl of medium from the wells of a 96-well microtiter plate containing a confluent cell culture of the desired cell line and put it into a new 96-well round bottom plate.

2. Prepare the reaction cocktail by combining the following:

68 μl of Tris, pH 8.0

68 μl of 0.1 M Magnesium Acetate

2.7 μl of 1 M DTT

2.7 μl of 10% NP-40

8.3 μl of 5 M NaCl

6.8 μl of poly-rC (10 mg/ml)

6.8 μl of oligo dG (1 mg/ml)

2.5 μl of 10 Ci/μl [32P]-dGTP

1 to 2 μl of 3 mM dGTP

and bring the final volume of the cocktail to 680 μl with ddH2O.

Add 25 μl of cocktail to the round bottom 96-well plate wells.

3. Incubate at 37°C for 4 to 16 hr.

4. Take 10 μl from each well and spot it onto a DEAE cellulose filter.

5. Rinse the filter 2 to 3 times with 50 ml of 2X SSC and then rinse it twice with 50 ml of 95% Ethanol.

6. Air-dry the DEAE-cellulose filter (see Hint #2).

7. Autoradiograph the filter between 4 and 16 hr (see Protocol on Autoradiography)

Solutions
[32P]-dGTP   10 Ci/μl [32P]-dGTP (CAUTION! see Hint #1)
1 mg/ml oligo dG
10 mg/ml poly-rC
5 M NaCl
10% (v/v) NP-40
1 M DTT
0.1 M Magnesium Acetate
95% (v/v) Ethanol
SSC (20X)   pH 7.2
3 M NaCl
0.3 M Sodium Citrate
3 mM dGTP
 
BioReagents and Chemicals
Poly-rC
Sodium Citrate
Oligo dG
[32P]-dGTP
Tris
Sodium Chloride
Magnesium Acetate
dGTP
DTT
NP-40
Ethanol
 
Protocol Hints
1. CAUTION! This substance is a biohazard. Consult this agent's MSDS for proper handling instructions.

2. You can speed up this air-dry step with a heating lamp.