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virus culture medium without fetal bovine serum
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Holds the stool samples after swabbing for later analysis.
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2
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zirconia/silica beads (RPI, Mount Prospect, IL)
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Assists in nucleic acid extraction by mixing with stool suspensions.
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3
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RNA minikit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA)
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Used for the total extraction of nucleic acids from stool suspensions.
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4
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RiboLock RNase Inhibitor (Fermentas Inc.)
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Added to nucleic acids to prevent RNA degradation.
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random nanomer, oligo(dT) (Eurofins MWG Operon), or specific primers (IDT, Coralville, IA)
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Used in the reverse transcription step for RNA viruses.
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6
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SuperScript buffer (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA)
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Part of the reaction mixture for reverse transcription.
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7
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100 mM dithiothreitol
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Part of the reaction mixture for reverse transcription.
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8
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10 mM dNTP
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Part of the reaction mixture for reverse transcription.
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9
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SuperScript III reverse transcriptase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA)
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Enzyme used to synthesize cDNA from RNA.
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10
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RiboLock RNase inhibitor
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Prevent RNA degradation during reverse transcription.
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11
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REDTaq mix (Sigma)
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Enzyme mix used for PCR amplification.
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12
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NEBTaq (New England BioLabs)
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Enzyme used for PCR amplification.
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13
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Ex Taq (TaKaRa Bio Inc., Shiga, Japan)
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Enzyme used for PCR amplification.
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14
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PlatinumTaq DNA polymerase (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA)
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Enzyme used for PCR amplification.
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15
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ethidium bromide
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Used for visualization of PCR products in agarose gel electrophoresis.
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QIAquick kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA)
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Used for purification of PCR amplicons.
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ExoSAP-IT (USB Corp., Cleveland, OH)
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Used for cleaning up fragments less than 100 bp before sequencing.
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