Phenol/chloroform extraction is an easy way to remove proteins from your nucleic acid samples and can be carried out in a manner that is very close to quantitative. Nucleic acids remain in the aqueous phase and proteins separate into the organic phase or lie at the phase interface. Please see the OpenWetWare website for more details.Citation: OpenWetWare contributors, 'Phenol/chloroform extraction', OpenWetWare, , 13 September 2010, 13:37 UTC, [accessed 21 January 2015]