| Conformation, length, and speed measurements of electrodynamically stretched DNA in nanochannels. | |
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PMID: 18339746 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A method is presented to rapidly and precisely measure the conformation, length, speed, and fluorescence intensity of single DNA molecules constrained by a nanochannel. DNA molecules were driven electrophoretically from a nanoslit into a nanochannel to confine and dynamically elongate them beyond their equilibrium length for repeated detection via laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. A single-molecule analysis algorithm was developed to analytically model bursts of fluorescence and determine the folding conformation of each stretched molecule. This technique achieved a molecular length resolution of 114 nm and an analysis time of around 20 ms per molecule, which enabled the sensitive investigation of several aspects of the physical behavior of DNA in a nanochannel. lambda-bacteriophage DNA was used to study the dependence of stretching on the applied device bias, the effect of conformation on speed, and the amount of DNA fragmentation in the device. A mixture of lambda-bacteriophage with the fragments of its own HindIII digest, a standard DNA ladder, was sized by length as well as by fluorescence intensity, which also allowed the characterization of DNA speed in a nanochannel as a function of length over two and a half orders of magnitude. |
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Authors:
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Christian H Reccius; Samuel M Stavis; John T Mannion; Larry P Walker; H G Craighead |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2008-03-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Biophysical journal Volume: 95 ISSN: 1542-0086 ISO Abbreviation: Biophys. J. Publication Date: 2008 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-13 Completed Date: 2008-07-10 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370626 Medline TA: Biophys J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 273-86 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. |
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Computer Simulation DNA / chemistry*, ultrastructure* Elasticity Electrochemistry / methods* Micromanipulation / methods* Models, Chemical* Models, Molecular Motion Nanotubes / chemistry*, ultrastructure* Nucleic Acid Conformation Quinazolines Stress, Mechanical |
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0/Quinazolines; 141974-84-7/7-methoxydeoxyvasicinone; 9007-49-2/DNA |
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