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A 265-base DNA sequencing read by capillary electrophoresis with no separation matrix.

ABSTRACT: Electrophoretic DNA sequencing without a polymer matrix is currently possible only with the use of some kind of "drag-tag" as a mobility modifier. In free-solution conjugate electrophoresis (FSCE), a drag-tag attached to each DNA fragment breaks linear charge-to-friction scaling, enabling size-based separation in aqueous buffer alone. Here we report a 265-base read for free-solution DNA sequencing by capillary electrophoresis using a random-coil protein drag-tag of unprecedented length and purity. We identified certain methods of protein expression and purification that allow the production of highly monodisperse drag-tags as long as 516 amino acids, which are almost charge neutral (+1 to +6) and yet highly water-soluble. Using a four-color LIF detector, 265 bases could be read in 30 min with a 267-amino acid drag-tag, on par with the average read of current next-gen sequencing systems. New types of multichannel systems that allow much higher throughput electrophoretic sequencing should be much more accessible in the absence of a requirement for viscous separation matrix.

SUBMITTER: Albrecht JC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3271724 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A 265-base DNA sequencing read by capillary electrophoresis with no separation matrix.

Albrecht Jennifer Coyne JC Lin Jennifer S JS Barron Annelise E AE

Analytical chemistry 20101223 2

Electrophoretic DNA sequencing without a polymer matrix is currently possible only with the use of some kind of "drag-tag" as a mobility modifier. In free-solution conjugate electrophoresis (FSCE), a drag-tag attached to each DNA fragment breaks linear charge-to-friction scaling, enabling size-based separation in aqueous buffer alone. Here we report a 265-base read for free-solution DNA sequencing by capillary electrophoresis using a random-coil protein drag-tag of unprecedented length and purit ...[more]

PMID: 21182303

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A 265-base DNA sequencing read by capillary electrophoresis with no separation matrix.

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A 265-base DNA sequencing read by capillary electrophoresis with no separation matrix.

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