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Phenol is an organic solvent that creates a hydrophobic environment for proteins to precipitate. The precipitated proteins can later be removed through centrifugation thus allowing the easy isolation of DNA from the cell

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RNA isolation using Phenol as one of the reagents relies on separating cell lysate (or another RNA containing source) into two phases:

The upper aqueous phase will contain RNA while the lower organic phase contains DNA and proteins.

Phenols is used to create this biphasic environment so that when the tube containing the RNA, DNA and proteins is centrifuged, RNA partitions into the aqueous phase

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During DNA extraction phenol is used to separate the RNA from the phase containing DNA.RNA will move into the phase containing phenol

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8-Hydroxyquinoline (8-Quinolinol to a concentration of 0.1% as a preservative. This is an optional step but will prolong the shelf life of the solution.

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phenol is used to denature the proteins.

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