DNA separation by microchip electrophoresis using copolymers of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and hydroxyethylcellulose

  • Gang Li
  • , Shuli Ge
  • , Xiaofang Ni
  • , Shuqing Dong
  • , Qingjiang Wang
  • , Pingang He
  • , Yuzhi Fang

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Abstract

Copolymers of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) and hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) were synthesized, with PVP to HEC molar ratios of 3: 1, 2: 1 and 1: 1. The copolymers were tested as separation media in DNA fragment separation analysis by microchip electrophoresis (MCE). Separation efficiency over 3.8×105 for 118 bp has been reached by using the bare channels without the additional polymer coating step. Under optimized separation conditions for longer read length DNA sequencing, the separation ability of the copolymers decreased with decreasing (PVP-co-HEC) molar ratio from 3: 1 to 2: 1 and 1: 1. In comparison with (PVP-co-HEC) 1: 1, the copolymer with (PVP-co-HEC) 3: 1 ratio showed high separation efficiency. By using a 20 g•L-1 copolymer with (PVP-co-HEC) 3: 1 ratio, ΦΧ174-HaeIII digest DNA marker was successfully separated within 3 min.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2207-2211
Number of pages5
JournalChinese Journal of Chemistry
Volume27
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Copolymer
  • DNA separation
  • Microfluidics

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