Compositions and methods for extracting a nucleic acid

5,786,319 5,849,681 5,888,308 5,906,215 5,965,512

7/1998 12/1998 3/1999 5/1999 10/1999

Pederson et al.
Neumiller et al.
Sachdev et al.
Conroy
Smyth et al.

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

EP

EP

EP

JP

WO

WO

0 379 093 Al 0 405 986 A2 0 572 907 A2 58009793 WO 87/06621 WO 97/09412

7/1990

1/1991 12/1993

1/1983 11/1987

3/1997

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Cox and Smulian, 1983, "A single-step procedure for the isolation of individual mRNA species from crude Iysates of Physarum polycephalum," FEBS Letters 155(1): 73-80. Krawetz et al., 1986, "Isolation and fractionation of total nucleic acids from tissues and c&Ms,"Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods 12:29-36.

Rathke et al., 1997, "Stability of dilute colloidal silica suspensions in the vicinity of the binodal curve of the system 2-bytoxyefhanol/water,"/ourwa/ of Colloid and Interface Science 192:334-337.

* cited by examiner

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Assistant Examiner—-Teresa Strzelecka

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