Salicylic acid coated magnetic nanoparticles have dual functions wherein they can be used to enrich mammalian cells and further capture chromatin after cell lysis.
Magnetophoretic chromatography in a viscous PEG solution removes free RNA from the chromatin.
Compared to RNAs extracted from nucleus, non-coding RNAs can be significantly enriched with the magnetophoretic chromatography method.
An ultra fast and unbiased method for chromatin associated RNA extraction including cell separation, chromatin purification and chromatin associated RNA extraction can be accomplished in less than 2 h.