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- Title
Capillary electrophoretic separation of dsDNA under nonuniform electric fields.
- Authors
Lin, Yang-Wei; Huang, Chih-Ching; Chang, Huan-Tsung
- Abstract
Improved sensitivity for the analysis of DNA by capillary electrophoresis has been achieved, based on simultaneous increases in optical path length and injection volume. To increase the optical path length, bubble cells with diameters ranging from 150 to 450 μm have been fabricated and tested. In terms of resolution and sensitivity, a bubble cell of 300 μm diameter is appropriate when using 75-μm capillaries. To allow greater injection volumes, we performed on-line concentration of DNA in the presence of electroosmotic flow (EOF) using 2.0% poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO). With a 300-μm bubble cell, a 170-fold improvement in the sensitivity for the 89-bp fragment has been accomplished when injecting about 0.33 μL DNA. In the presence of the bubble cell, the resolution for the large fragments improves while that for the small ones (<124 base pair) decreases. The effect of bubble cells was further investigated by conducting DNA separation in the absence of EOF, showing that improvements in resolution are mainly due to increased migration differences when DNA migrated at low electric field strengths in the bubble region. We have suggested that such an effect is more profound using shorter capillaries, leading to complete separation of φX 174 RF DNA-Hae III digest in 2 min.
- Subjects
CAPILLARY electrophoresis; DNA; ELECTRIC fields; ZONE electrophoresis; GEL electrophoresis; FLUORESCENCE
- Publication
Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2003, Vol 376, Issue 3, p379
- ISSN
1618-2642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00216-003-1906-1