Fast and continuous-flow detection and separation of DNA complexes and DNA in nanofluidic chip format

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1274:99-110. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2353-3_9.

Abstract

Fast separation of DNA and detection of protein/DNA complexes are important in many state-of-the-art molecular medicine technologies, like the production of gene vaccines or medical diagnostics. Here, we describe a nanofluidic chip-based technique for fast, efficient, and virtually label-free detection and separation of protein/DNA and drug/DNA complexes and topological DNA variants. The mechanism is based on a continuous-flow dielectrophoresis at a nanoslit and allows efficient separation of small DNA fragments (<7,000 base pairs) and fast detection of DNA complexes within 1 min.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / analysis*
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods

Substances

  • DNA