Capillary electrophoresis of DNA

Curr Protoc Nucleic Acid Chem. 2003 Aug:Chapter 10:Unit 10.9. doi: 10.1002/0471142700.nc1009s13.

Abstract

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is an alternative to conventional slab gel electrophoresis for the separation of DNA fragments. CE offers a number of advantages over slab gel separations in terms of speed, resolution, sensitivity, and data handling. Separation times are generally only a few minutes and the DNA is detected either by UV absorption or by fluorescent labeling. The quantity of DNA required for separation is in the nanogram range. Single-base resolution can be obtained on fragments up to several hundred base pairs. In the presence of appropriate standards, fragments can be accurately sized based on relative electrophoretic mobility. A protocol for the analysis of synthetic oligonucleotides in a flowable matrix is described in this unit.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation
  • DNA / analysis
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / isolation & purification
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary* / instrumentation
  • Electrophoresis, Capillary* / methods
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligonucleotides / analysis
  • Oligonucleotides / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods

Substances

  • Oligonucleotides
  • DNA