다량의 페놀류 2차 대사산물과 다당류가 포함된 녹두 종자의 RNA를 Tris-buffer와 guanidium thiocyanate 용액을 이용하여 손쉽고 간편하게 고순도의 RNA를 분리하는 방법을 확립하였으며, 우리의 분리 방법을 이용하여 추출한 RNA를 사용하여 RT-PCR과 유전자 클로닝 등의 분석시험에 이용할 수 있었다.

Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is a legume to East Asia that has great potential for development as traditional food and industrial crop. It produces both protein and starch rich grain. The low variability of the existing gene pool of the mungbean limits the use of conventional plant breeding to address this problem. For this purpose, an efficient means of RNA isolation from mungbean seed tissues was developed. The quality of RNA obtained by this method was sufficient for use in RT-PCR and RNA analysis.

• 김경임(작물과학원)
• 구자환(작물과학원)