Electrophoresis of DNA and other polyelectrolytes: Physical mechanisms

JL Viovy - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2000 - APS
The dramatic recent advances in molecular biology, which have opened a new era in
medicine and biotechnology, rely on improved techniques to study large molecules …

Electrophoresis of DNA in agarose gels, polyacrylamide gels and in free solution

NC Stellwagen - Electrophoresis, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the electrophoresis of curved and normal DNA molecules in agarose
gels, polyacrylamide gels and in free solution. These studies were undertaken to clarify why …

Pore size of agarose gels by atomic force microscopy

N Pernodet, M Maaloum, B Tinland - Electrophoresis, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The pore size of agarose gel in water at different concentrations was directly measured
using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The experiment was specially designed to work under …

Influence of thermal history on the structural and mechanical properties of agarose gels

P Aymard, DR Martin, K Plucknett… - Biopolymers …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Using a multitechnique approach, two temperature domains have been identified in agarose
gelation. Below 35° C, fast gelation results in strong, homogeneous and weakly turbid …

Estimation of polyacrylamide gel pore size from Ferguson plots of linear DNA fragments. II. Comparison of gels with different crosslinker concentrations, added …

DL Holmes, NC Stellwagen - Electrophoresis, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
The mobilities of various DNA fragments in two normally migrating molecular weight ladders
were studied in polyacrylamide gels containing different concentrations of the crosslinker N …

A transient entanglement coupling mechanism for DNA separation by capillary electrophoresis in ultradilute polymer solutions

AE Barron, HW Blanch, DS Soane - Electrophoresis, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Using capillary electrophoresis, large DNA molecules (2.0–23.1 kbp) may be rapidly
separated in ultradilute polymer solutions (< 0.002% w/w) under, a high‐voltage, steady field …

Routine DNA sequencing of 1000 bases in less than one hour by capillary electrophoresis with replaceable linear polyacrylamide solutions

O Salas-Solano, E Carrilho, L Kotler, AW Miller… - Analytical …, 1998 - ACS Publications
Long, accurate reads are an important factor for high-throughput de novo DNA sequencing.
In previous work from this laboratory, a separation matrix of high-weight-average molecular …

Problems and prospects in the theory of gel electrophoresis of DNA

BH Zimm, SD Levene - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 1992 - cambridge.org
Electrophoresis of DNA through gels of agarose or polyacrylamide (PA) has been one of the
most widely used techniques of molecular biology during the past decade, serving both …

Effect of the matrix on DNA electrophoretic mobility

NC Stellwagen, E Stellwagen - Journal of Chromatography A, 2009 - Elsevier
DNA electrophoretic mobilities are highly dependent on the nature of the matrix in which the
separation takes place. This review describes the effect of the matrix on DNA separations in …

Rapid DNA sequencing of more than 1000 bases per run by capillary electrophoresis using replaceable linear polyacrylamide solutions

E Carrilho, MC Ruiz-Martinez, J Berka… - Analytical …, 1996 - ACS Publications
The read length for DNA sequencing using capillary electrophoresis and replaceable linear
polyacrylamide (LPA) solutions has been extended to more than 1000 bases with a run time …