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Variations on a theme: Changes to electrophoretic separations that can make a difference. J Proteomics 2010; 73:1562-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 04/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Barron AE, Blanch HW. DNA Separations by Slab Gel, and Capillary Electrophoresis: Theory and Practice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/03602549508014343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Wang Q, Xu X, Dai L. A new quasi-interpenetrating network formed by poly(N-acryloyl-tris-(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane and polyvinylpyrrolidone: Separation matrix for double-stranded DNA and single-stranded DNA fragments by capillary electrophoresis with UV detection. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:1749-57. [PMID: 16586410 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The preparation of a new separation matrix, quasi-interpenetrating networks (quasi-IPNs) formed by poly(N-acryloyl-Tris) (poly(tris-A)) and PVP, and its application for dsDNA and ssDNA fragments separation by CE with UV detection, are presented. This new quasi-IPN exhibited high sieving performance, good dynamic coating ability, and low viscosity. Single-base resolutions of dsDNA fragments (Rs = 0.92 for 123/124 bp) and ssDNA fragments (Rs = 0.65 for 123/124 base, Rs = 0.48 for 309/310 base) were achieved by using the quasi-IPN of poly(tris-A)/PVP (2% + 2%) solution in a 31 cm effective length linear polyacrylamide (LPA)-coated column. Single-base separation of dsDNA fragments (Rs = 0.92 for 123/124 bp) was also obtained within 28 min in a 46.7 cm effective length bare column at higher 160 V/cm electric field strength by using the same quasi-IPN solution. The RSD of the migration time measured for each DNA fragments was less than 1.5% in the bare column for nine continuous runs. The effects of temperature and electric field strength on the DNA separation were also investigated.
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- Qian Wang
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Crosslinking reactions and swelling behavior of matrices based on N-acryloyl-TRIS(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. Polym Bull (Berl) 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-005-0411-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yoshida KI, Yano M, Chiba K, Honda M, Kitahara S. CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene is enhanced in patients with idiopathic azoospermia. Urology 1999; 54:1078-81. [PMID: 10604712 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00312-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether the number of CAG repeats in the androgen receptor gene is enhanced in patients with idiopathic azoospermia. METHODS Using the polymerase chain reaction, the number of CAG repeats was assayed in 41 patients with idiopathic azoospermia and in 48 normozoospermic fertile men. RESULTS In the control group, the CAG repeat length ranged from 17 to 30 (mean 23.9 +/- 2.9); in the azoospermic group, the CAG repeat length ranged from 20 to 34 (mean 26.5 +/- 3.5). The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.0013). None of the men in the control group had a CAG repeat length greater than 31; four of the azoospermic men had 34 CAG repeats. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that an increase in the number of CAG repeats in the androgen receptor gene to 31 or greater may be associated with the etiology of at least some cases of idiopathic azoospermia.
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- K I Yoshida
- Department of Urology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
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Sawada H, Nakamura Y, Katayama S, Kawase T. Gelation of Fluoroalkylated End-Capped Oligomers Containing Triol Segments under Non-Crosslinked Conditions, and Binding or Releasing of Metal Ions by These Oligomers. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1997. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.70.2839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Righetti PG, Gelfi C. Electrophoresis gel media: the state of the art. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 699:63-75. [PMID: 9392368 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(96)00207-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Some unique events have occurred in the last few years which might revolutionize the field of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. While it was widely recognized that such matrices could normally be cast with a small pore size distribution, typically of the order of a few nanometers diameter (for protein sieving), recent developments suggest that "macroporous" gels could also be produced in the domain of polyacrylamides. If constraints to chain motion are imposed during gel polymerization, large-pore structures can be grown. Such constraints can originate either from low temperatures or from the presence of preformed polymers in the gelling solution; in both cases, the growing chains are forced to "laterally aggregate" via inter-chain hydrogen bond formation. Upon consumption of pendant double bonds, such bundles are frozen in the three-dimensional space by permanent cross-links. As an additional development, a novel photopolymerization system is described, comprising a cationic dye (methylene blue) and a redox couple (sodium toluene sulfinate, a reducer, and diphenyliodonium chloride, a mild oxidizer). Methylene blue catalysis is characterized by a unique efficiency, ensuring >96% conversion of monomers, even in hydro-organic solvents and in the presence of surfactants, which normally quench or completely inhibit the persulphate-driven reaction. In addition, methylene blue-sustained photopolymerization can be operated in the entire pH 3-10 interval, where most other systems fail. Perhaps the most striking novelty in the field is the appearance of a novel monomer (N-acryloylaminopropanol, AAP) coupling a high hydrophilicity with a unique resistance to alkaline hydrolysis. Given the fact that a poly(AAP) matrix is 500 times more stable than a poly(acrylamide) gel, while being twice as hydrophilic, it is anticipated that this novel chemistry will have no difficulties in replacing the old electrophoretic anticonvective media. The review ends with a glimpse at novel sieving media in capillary zone electrophoresis: polymer networks. Such media, by providing an almost infinite range of pore sizes, due to the absence of a rigid support, allow sieving mechanisms to be operative over a wide interval of particle sizes, even up to genomic DNA. Viscous solutions of polymer networks, made with the novel poly(AAP) chemistry, allow repeated use of the same separation column, well above 50 injections. Silica-bound poly(AAP) chains provide effective quenching of electroosmosis and >200 analyses by isoelectric focusing.
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- P G Righetti
- Department of Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnologies, University of Verona, Italy
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Simò-Alfonso E, Gelfi C, Lucisano M, Righetti PG. Performance of a series of novel N-substituted acrylamides in capillary electrophoresis of DNA fragments. J Chromatogr A 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(96)00650-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Simò-Alfonso E, Gelfi C, Sebastiano R, Citterio A, Righetti PG. Novel acrylamido monomers with higher hydrophilicity and improved hydrolytic stability: I. Synthetic route and product characterization. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:723-31. [PMID: 8738335 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150170418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The novel acrylamido monomer reported by our group (N-acryloylaminoethoxyethanol, AAEE; Chiari et al., Electrophoresis 1994, 15, 177-186), found to combine high hydrophilicity with extraordinary resistance to alkaline hydrolysis, has come under closer scrutiny due to unexpected and random autopolymerization while stored as a 1/1 v/v water solution at 4 degrees C (possibly due to a greater oxidability of the ether group). We have additionally found a unique degradation pathway of the monomer, called "1-6 H-transfer", by which the C1 (on the double bond site), by constantly ramming against the C6, next to the ether oxygen (O7, which in fact favors the transfer of the hydrogen atom by C1), produces radicals which more efficiently add to the monomer favoring autopolymerization and cross-linking. A number of novel monomers is proposed while maintaining the other unique characteristics of AAEE. One of them, N-acryloylaminopropanol, offers all the unique, special qualities of AAEE, without the noxious aspects of autopolymerization. Additionally, a synthetic route was optimized, yielding an essentially pure product in a single reaction step, with a yield > 99% and an equivalent purity (> 99%). The synthesis consists in reacting acryloyl chloride at -40 degrees C in presence of a twofold molar excess of aminopropanol and in ethanol (instead of methanol) as solvent. Other solvents, as well as the use of triethylamine for neutralizing the HCl produced, were found to give a variety of undesired byproducts.
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- E Simò-Alfonso
- Universitat de Valencia, Departamento de Quimica Analitica, Facultad de Quimica, Burjassot, Spain
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Chiari M, Campoleoni A, Conti P, Felli C, Patrosso MC, Brogren CH. Electrophoretic separation of biopolymers in a matrix of polyacrylamide covalently linked to agarose. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:473-8. [PMID: 8740161 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150170307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A new type of agarose polyacrylamide mixed-bed gel, obtained by simultaneous gelation of a novel type of allyl-activated agarose and its copolymerization with acrylamide, has pore sizes intermediate between those of polyacrylamide and agarose. The process used to activate the agarose chains enables the substitution to be controlled. As indicated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), only one allyl group was inserted per agarose basic unit. Several formulations of mixed-bed gels, containing different percentages of acrylamide, were compared with conventional polyacrylamide or agarose gels. Resolution, migration distance and band sharpness of different molecular mass fragments were evaluated, with two types of gel run side-by-side in a vertical or horizontal system. The faster electrophoretic mobility of DNA in dilute mix-bed gels and the improved separation of the component of high molecular mass (1 to 6 kbp) of the 1 kbp ladder indicate that these matrices have larger porosity than any dilute polyacrylamide formulations. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-protein complexes migrate in the mixed gels faster than in polyacrylamide gels of the same %T.
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- M Chiari
- Istituto di Chimica degli Ormoni, Milano, Italy.
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Hydrophilic and Amphiphatic Monomers and use of their Gels as Separation Media. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(08)60139-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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- M Chiari
- Istituto di Chimica degli Ormoni, CNR, Milano, Italy
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Chiari M, Micheletti C, Nesi M, Fazio M, Righetti PG. Towards new formulations for polyacrylamide matrices: N-acryloylaminoethoxyethanol, a novel monomer combining high hydrophilicity with extreme hydrolytic stability. Electrophoresis 1994; 15:177-86. [PMID: 8026432 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150150131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Matrices for electrokinetic separations, based on a unique class of mono- and disubstituted (on the amido nitrogen) acrylamides such as e.g., N-acryloylaminoethoxyethanol (AAEE) and acrylamido-N,N-diethoxyethanol, offer the following advantages: (i) strong resistance to alkaline hydrolysis (most zone separations occurring at basic pH values), (ii) high hydrophilicity and (iii) greater porosity, due to the higher molecular weight of the monomers. When compared with conventional poly(acrylamide), a poly(AAEE) matrix, when subjected to mild alkaline hydrolysis (0.1 N NaOH, 70 degrees C) appears to be 500 times more stable. Such stability is also confirmed under strong alkaline hydrolysis (1 N NaOH, 100 degrees C) as well as under mild and strong acidic hydrolysis. Mildly hydrolyzed poly(AAEE) matrices still perform extremely well in both conventional isoelectric focusing and immobilized pH gradients, techniques which are quite sensitive to traces of acrylate in the polymer coil. Conversely, mildly hydrolyzed poly(acrylamide) matrices, when used in isoelectric focusing, generate pH gradients between pH 4 and 5, having an inflection point (pH 4.6) equivalent to the pK value of acrylic acid. This novel class of monomers shows great promise for future applications in all electrokinetic methodologies.
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- M Chiari
- Instituto di Chimica degli Ormoni, CNR, Milano, Italy
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Giorgio Righetti P, Chiari M, Nesi M, Caglio S. Towards new formulations for polyacrylamide matrices, as investigated by capillary zone electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(93)83425-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A novel apparatus for submerged gel electrophoresis is described in detail. It includes an upper buffer compartment, a lower buffer compartment, and a horizontal plate between the two compartments. The horizontal plate is a heat exchanger connected to an external heater/cooler. Buffer circulates between the two compartments through openings in the horizontal plate. In the upper compartment two separated openings are positioned on each side of the horizontal plate between the side walls and long vertical barriers. The barriers initially direct the flow of buffer and define the electric field on the sides of the upper compartment. The electric field is confined essentially into a rectangular box, defined on the ends by the end walls, on the sides by the barriers, on the bottom by the cooling plate, and on the top by the air. Since the volume of buffer is smaller in the electrode compartment than in the reservoir under the cooling plate, this design enables formation of a substantially uniform electric field without creating too high a current. To enhance uniformity of the electric field, anode and cathode consist each of two platinum wires positioned one above the other at a distance of 6 mm. The electrodes can be placed parallel to the sides and perpendicular to the buffer flow or parallel to the ends and the flow of buffer. The stream of buffer in the upper compartment is regulated by two dams, perpendicular to the long barriers, on each end of the horizontal plate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Heimgartner U, Kozulić B, Mosbach K. Polyacrylic polyhydrazides as novel reagents for detection of antibodies in immunoblotting assays. J Immunol Methods 1990; 132:239-45. [PMID: 2170535 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(90)90035-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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By the glycoprotein specific staining method introduced recently (Heimgartner et al., 1989, Anal. Biochem. 181, 182-189) it is also possible to detect an antibody bound to its antigen on a membrane. The antibody is oxidized by periodate prior to incubation. Next, a polyacrylic polyhydrazide is coupled to the aldehyde groups generated in the sugar part of the antibody molecule. A periodate oxidized glycoenzyme, such as horseradish peroxidase, is then coupled to the remaining hydrazide groups of the polymer and incubation with a suitable enzyme substrate visualizes the glycoenzyme-polyhydrazide-antibody-antigen complex. The sensitivity of the detection is most critically dependent on the antibody class and the polyhydrazide reagent. Oxidation conditions are less important and the antibody does not need to be purified prior to periodate oxidation. Under standard conditions, the sensitivity obtained with IgG type antibodies was about ten times lower than with peroxidase-labeled secondary antibodies. However, a similar if not higher sensitivity can be expected with more glycosylated antibodies, such as IgM or IgE, or with chicken antibodies. This approach is advantageous because antibodies of all classes and from all species can be detected with the same reagent, the polyhydrazide, no foreign molecule is introduced in the antibody before its binding to the antigen and no conjugate needs to be prepared in advance.
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- U Heimgartner
- Department of Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
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Heimgartner U, Kozulić B, Mosbach K. Polyacrylic polyhydrazides as reagents for detection of glycoproteins. Anal Biochem 1989; 181:182-9. [PMID: 2479293 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(89)90414-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Glycoproteins immobilized on membranes can be detected with high selectivity and sensitivity by the four-step procedure described in this work. The glycoproteins are first oxidized by sodium periodate and then polyacrylic polyhydrazides are coupled to the aldehyde groups generated in the sugar part of the glycoproteins. In the third step, a glycoenzyme, such as horseradish peroxidase, is coupled to the remaining hydrazide groups on the polymer through the aldehydes formed in its glycan chains. In the last step, the visualization of glycoproteins is achieved through the reaction product of the bound glycoenzyme. The sensitivity of the glycoprotein detection is most critically dependent on the hydrazide reagent. Thus, dihydrazides were not satisfactory, a trihydrazide was better, and polyhydrazides were the best. Two different polyhydrazides were used. One was based on acrylamide and the other on N-acryloyl-tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. The second one proved to be superior because it gave higher sensitivity with no detectable background staining. We have also investigated the influence of various reaction conditions on staining of glycoproteins having oligomannose and N-acetyllactosamine type glycan chains. Some of them, invertase and fetuin, could be detected with sensitivity similar to that of silver staining in gels and colloidal gold staining on the membranes. The detection of small quantities of Endo H-deglycosylated glycoproteins was possible under standard conditions only if several N-acetylglucosamine residues remained bound to the protein.
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- U Heimgartner
- Department of Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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Boschetti E. Polyacrylamide derivatives to the service of bioseparations. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 1989; 19:21-36. [PMID: 2809065 DOI: 10.1016/0165-022x(89)90048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Though acrylamide polymers are widely used in electrophoretic and chromatographic techniques, many research works aim at optimizing these media. As polyacrylamide presents some drawbacks, new acrylic monomers with particular properties are proposed. In this paper, we describe some approaches for obtaining polymers which are more porous, more hydrophilic and more resistant in alkaline solutions. Moreover, we also detail the synthesis of particular functionalized monomers, explaining the concept of 'polymer design' applicable to the techniques of protein separation.
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Righetti PG, Chiari M, Casale E, Chiesa C, Jain T, Shorr R. HydroLink gel electrophoresis (HLGE). I. Matrix characterization. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 1989; 19:37-49. [PMID: 2809066 DOI: 10.1016/0165-022x(89)90049-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A new gelatinous matrix is reported, having intermediate properties between those of polyacrylamide and agarose gels. The matrix has the unique property of being amphiphilic, i.e. of swelling in both plain water and polar organic solvents, and seems particularly well suited for electrophoresis of DNA. The compatibility with organic solvents includes 50% dimethyl sulphoxide, 50% tetramethyl urea, 50% acetonitrile and 50% tetrahydrofuran, the latter having a dielectric constant of 20. The matrix is hypothesized to consist of brush-like pillars, having a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic coating. The latter is formed by short chains protruding in the surrounding liquid and able to coordinate large amounts of water.
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- P G Righetti
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Milano, Italy
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Kozulić B, Mosbach K, Meussdoerffer F. Biosynthesis of soluble carnitine acetyltransferases from the yeast Candida tropicalis. Biochem J 1988; 253:845-9. [PMID: 3052426 PMCID: PMC1149380 DOI: 10.1042/bj2530845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Soluble carnitine acetyltransferase from Candida tropicalis is synthesized as a 76 kDa precursor, which is monomeric and possesses no or very little carnitine acetyltransferase activity. Maturation of the enzyme begins with proteolytic processing of the 76 kDa precursor to 64 and 57 kDa subunits. The processed subunits subsequently associate into two kinds of active oligomers; the 57 kDa subunits are assembled into a tetramer and the 64 kDa subunits into an octamer. Formation of these oligomers depends apparently on growth conditions, since both oligomers were present in cells grown in continuous culture, but cells grown batchwise contained only the tetrameric form of carnitine acetyltransferase.
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- B Kozulić
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Hönggerberg HPT, Zürich, Switzerland
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Kozulić B, Mosbach K, Pietrzak M. Electrophoresis of DNA restriction fragments in poly-N-acryloyl-tris gels. Anal Biochem 1988; 170:478-84. [PMID: 2899407 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(88)90661-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Poly-N-acryloyl-tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (NAT) gels were evaluated as a matrix for DNA electrophoresis. The resolution of DNA restriction fragments in three poly(NAT)-N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide (Bis) gels (4, 5, and 6%) was compared with the resolution in polyacrylamide (AA)-Bis gels of the same percentage. Poly(NAT) gels were found to give a substantially improved separation of DNA fragments larger than 200 bp. In contrast to poly(AA) gels, DNA fragments of up to 4 kbp were well resolved in the new matrix. By pulse-field electrophoresis the useful separation range of poly(NAT) gels was expanded to at least 23 kbp. For DNA fragments below 10 kbp, the resolution was better than that in a 0.7% agarose gel. Thus poly(NAT) gels are most suitable for the electrophoretic separation of DNA molecules whose size is out of the optimal fractionation range of poly(AA) or agarose gels.
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- B Kozulić
- Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
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