
%0 Journal Article
%A Wilkinson, BR 
%T Keratin Biosynthesis II. Extraction and Characterization of Nucleic Acids from Wool Roots
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1970/02/01
%V 23
%N 1
%P 139-148
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9700139
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9700139 
%X Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), soluble RNA (sRNA), and DNA have been extracted from wool roots in good yield and purity. rRNA and sRNA were prepared by extracting wool roots with a hydrophilic salt and a phenol-cresol mixture and rRNA was selectively precipitated with m·cresol. DNA was extracted with a salt having lipophilic and chelating properties, together with the phenol-cresol mixture. Two·stage extraction procedures were essential for the preparation of stable, undegraded nucleic acids. 
