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    A standardized RNA isolation protocol for yam (Dioscorea alata L) cDNA library construction

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    Date
    2009
    Author
    Narina, S.S.
    Mohammed, I.
    Asiedu, Robert
    Mignouna, H.D.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    For the purpose of constructing yam cDNA libraries, attempts to isolate high quality RNA using several previously reported protocols were unsuccessful. Therefore a protocol was standardized for yam total RNA isolation by using guanidium buffer at the Department of Biology, Virginia Sate University. The RNA isolated using this standardized protocol was high in quality and led to successful good quality cDNA library construction and identification of functional ESTs in yam.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2771
    IITA Subjects
    Yam; Disease Control; Genetic Improvement; Plant Diseases
    Agrovoc Terms
    Yams; Genotypes; Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides; Cdna; Rna; Diseases
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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