Integrated capillary electrophoresis on flexible silicone microdevices: analysis of DNA restriction fragments and detection of single DNA molecules on microchips.
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Effenhauser, C S, Bruin, Gerardus, Paulus, A and Ehrat, M (1997) Integrated capillary electrophoresis on flexible silicone microdevices: analysis of DNA restriction fragments and detection of single DNA molecules on microchips. Analytical chemistry, 69 (17). pp. 3451-3457. ISSN 0003-2700
Abstract
Microchips for integrated capillary electrophoresis systems were produced by molding a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) silicone elastomer against a microfabricated master. The good adhesion of the PDMS devices on clean planar surfaces allows for a simple and inexpensive generation of networks of sealed microchannels, thus removing the constraints of elaborate bonding procedures. The performance of the devices is demonstrated with both fast separations of φX-174/HaeIII DNA restriction fragments labeled with the intercalating dye YOYO-1 and fluorescently labeled peptides. Detection limits in the order of a few zeptomoles (10(-)(21) mol) have been achieved for each injected DNA fragment, corresponding to a mass detection limit of ∼2 fg for the 603 base pair fragment. Single λ-DNA molecules intercalated with YOYO-1 at a base pair-to-dye ratio of 10:1 could be detected with an uncomplicated laser-induced fluorescence detection setup. High single-molecule detection efficiency (>50%) was achieved under electrophoretically controlled mass transport conditions in PDMS microchannels.
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| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2012 00:45 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2013 00:45 |
| URI: | https://oak.novartis.com/id/eprint/6536 |