Relative absorption per ppm of increase 

CO2= 1

Methane= 32

Nitrous oxide= 150

Chlorofluorocarbons= >10000

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Sometimes the S1 nuclease will not digest the single stranded regions completely, so the transcript appears to be a little longer than it really is, But another method, called primer extension, can tell the 5’-end (but not the 3’-end) to the exact nucleotide

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Run-off transcription is a means of checking the efficiency and accuracy of in vitro transcription.

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The size of this run-off transcript locates the transcription start site, and the amount of this transcript reflects the efficiency of transcription. 

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Notice that S1 mapping and primer extension are well suited to mapping transcripts made in vivo; by contrast, run-off transcription relies on transcription in vitro.

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After you have identified the physiological transcription start site by S1 mapping or primer extension you can use run-off transcription in vitro.

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A variation on the run-off theme of quantifying accurate transcription in vitro is the G-less cassette assay.