Isolating DNA and RNA from Plant Material

Beckman Coulter introduced its Agencourt Chloropure System. This new extraction kit for DNA and RNA isolation and purification from plant material delivers significantly higher recovery than other commercially available systems. The chemistry is automated on the companys Biomek NX and FX Laboratory Automation Workstations to process three 96-well plates in just 80 minutes. The system incorporates the patented Agencourt SPRI (Solid Phase Reversible Immobilization) paramagnetic bead-based nucleic acid purification technology, which does not require organic solvents, vacuum filtration or centrifugation steps. A complete turnkey solution is also offered, incorporating the companys sample preparation technology and Genomelab Gexp Genetic Analysis System.