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Guanidine isothiocyanate helps denature proteins from the RNA to allow them to be separated from protein for the best isolation of nucleic acids from proteins (can collect all 3 if using TRIzol like reagents)

NAoAc (sodium acetate) usually in 3M/pH8 is used later in the steps for nucleic acid isolation as the salt for ethanol precipitation. If you are going to be doing RNA transcription off of DNA templates that you are precipitating, it is best to use Nh4oAC (ammonium acetate) as the ion is nicer to RNA polymerases once templates are cleaned and being transcribed.

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Q: What is the use of guanidine isothiocyanate and NaOAc in the isolation of RNA?
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