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NEBNext® Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Module 

This product was discontinued on December 15, 2025.

  • Catalog # E6150 was discontinued on December 15, 2025

Product Introduction

Fragmentation of RNA can be performed by enzymes, heat alone, or exposure to divalent cations at elevated temperature. This kit provides highly efficient and tunable RNA fragmentation by incubation with Magnesium ions at 94˚C.

Storage Temperature: -20°C

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Product Information

Description





The NEBNext® Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Module has been optimized to fragment RNA into small pieces by incubation with Magnesium ions at 94˚C. Fragment size is controlled by incubation time (Figure 1), and the reaction is ended by the addition of NEBNext Fragmentation Stop Solution.




Figure 1: Relative size distribution of eukaryotic mRNA fragments as seen using the Bioanalyzer 2100. Figure 1: Relative size distribution of eukaryotic mRNA fragments as seen using the Bioanalyzer 2100
Poly(A)+ mRNA (40ng) purified from the Universal Human Reference Total RNA (Stratagene) was fragmented in 1 X NEB Next Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Buffer for 1–5 minutes at 94°C. Fragmentation Reaction was stopped in1X NEBNext Fragmentation Stop Solution. Samples were diluted 1:10 in Nuclease-Free Water and analyzed in the Bioanalyzer 2100.
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Properties & Usage

Materials Required but not Supplied

  • RNA Cleanup Kit (Monarch RNA Cleanup Kit, NEB #T2030)

or

  • 3M Sodium Acetate, pH 5.2
  • 100% Ethanol
  • 70% Ethanol
  • Linear Acrylamide 10 mg/ml

Application Features

RNA Fragmentation

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs

  1. Can I use TE to resuspend RNA during RNA isolation for fragmentation?
  2. Do I need any reagents that are not supplied in the kit?
  3. How long should I incubate the fragmentation reaction?
  4. Which divalent metal ion does the NEBNext® RNA Fragmentation Buffer contain?
  5. How can I assess the yield and the size distribution of the fragmented RNA?
  6. Which are the RNA fragments sizes recommend for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)?
  7. What are the differences between the reaction products of fragmentation with the NEBNext® Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Module and the NEBNext® RNase III RNA Fragmentation Module?
  8. Can NEBNext® Magnesium RNA Fragmentation Module be used instead of the NEBNext® RNase III RNA Fragmentation Module?

Quality, Safety & Legal

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Specifications

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Certificate Of Analysis

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