RNA quality control methods

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Karen A. Darbinyan Popular answer

Hello, see the info below, may be useful for you.

Good luck.

https://worldwide.promega.com/resources/pubhub/methods-of-rna-quality-assessment/

Karen A. Darbinyan

John LaCava

Cheers - will check it out - thanks.

Ali Javadmanesh

Hello

RIN value by Bioanalyzer is more accurate since it is based on capillary electrophoresis, which can be assessed visually by an expert in addition to calculations by the software.

Regards