Capillary electrophoresis of DNA fragments in 9 to 20% uncrosslinked polyacrylamide gels: Unique separating capacity hypothetically related to maintenance of random-coil DNA conformation independently of gel concentration

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-184

  Chen, Nong ^a   Chrambach, Andreas ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; DNA conformation; DNA fragments; Separating capacity; Uncrosslinked polyacrylamide

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CROSS LINKING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRYLIC RESINS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0031441334     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(97)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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