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The Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is a micro-capillary based electrophoresis system which produces high quality digital reports of size and quality for nucleic acid and protein samples. Kits are available from Agilent for the analysis of RNA, DNA and proteins. Depending on the type of kit, chips can accommodate 11-12 samples. RNA nano chips are available for purchase from the MPCL.
The 2100 Expert software provides RNA integrity numbers (RIN) for the assessment of total RNA quality. A scale of 1-10 is used with a value of 1 being the most degraded and a value of 10 being the most intact.