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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2207-2211 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chinese Journal of Chemistry |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2009 |
Keywords
- Copolymer
- DNA separation
- Microfluidics