Does silicon dioxide used during the RNA extraction stage have any effect on PCR?

03 March 2014 1 5K Report

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I did lots of DNA extraction using silicon dioxide. To my experience, silicon dioxide reduced the sensitivity and efficiency of DNA polymerase in PCR. In these cases, I added some carrier DNA.

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