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Molecular deformation and free-solution electrophoresis of DNA-uncharged polymer conjugates at high field strengths: theoretical predictions Part 2: Stretching
Authors:McCormick Laurette C  Slater Gary W
Affiliation:Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:DNA sequencing by electrophoresis can be dramatically sped up by overcoming the need for the sieving medium. Normally it is possible to separate DNA based on size in free solution; however, not end-labeled free-solution electrophoresis (ELFSE) uses a neutral drag-tag molecule to make it possible. In experiments to date, the drag-tag and DNA together form a random coil conformation; while with future generation drag-tags and high fields, deformation of this conformation may occur. In the first paper in this series we investigated the conditions under which the DNA and label become hydrodynamically distinct (or segregated), based on a theoretical approach developed for the electrophoresis of polyampholytes. In this paper we study further deformation wherein either the DNA and/or a polymeric label stretch. We show that deformation may dramatically improve the capabilities of ELFSE, especially when both the DNA and a polymeric drag-tag fully stretch; however, reaching these regimes will require extremely high field intensities, something that only microchip technologies may be able to achieve.
Keywords:DNA sequencing  Electrophoretic mobility  End‐labeled free‐solution electrophoresis  Free‐solution electrophoresis  Polymer deformation
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