I am doing RNA extraction from streptococcal species. I am using trizol max bacterial isolation reagent with. i get smearing. is there any reliable method to see RNA in gel other than denaturing gel formed via formamide.
Hi, in our lab we use homemade Trizol or for NGS Hot-Phenol. And I would recommend checking your RNA on a denaturing PAA (Urea) gel in Formamid Dye or you can use a bioanalyzer if you have one. Using TBE Agarose gel a can not recommend as the RNA quality migth look good on such a gel but with a closer look on the PAA Gel you can see every smear and DNA contamination.
To your smear: Didi you do a DNaseI digest after the extraction?