3,6,9,12,15-Pentaoxapentacosan-1-ol

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CAS: 23244-49-7
MF: C20H42O6
MW: 378.54388
Synonyms: 3,6,9,12,15-Pentaoxapentacosan-1-ol

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James W Schneider

Carnegie Mellon University
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Co-reporter: Stephen B. Istivan, Daniel K. Bishop, Angela L. Jones, Shane T. Grosser, and James W. Schneider
pp: 11433
Publication Date(Web):October 10, 2015
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02931
We demonstrate that the use of wormlike nonionic micelles as drag-tags in end-labeled free-solution electrophoresis (“micelle-ELFSE”) provides single-base resolution of Sanger sequencing products up to 502 bases in length, a nearly 2-fold improvement over reported ELFSE separations. “CiEj” running buffers containing 48 mM C12E5, 6 mM C10E5, and 3 M urea (32.5 °C) form wormlike micelles that provide a drag equivalent to an uncharged DNA fragment with a length (α) of 509 bases (effective Rh = 27 nm). Runtime in a 40 cm capillary (30 kV) was 35 min for elution of all products down to the 26-base primer. We also show that smaller Triton X-100 micelles give a read length of 103 bases in a 4 min run, so that a combined analysis of the Sanger products using the two buffers in separate capillaries could be completed in 14 min for the full range of lengths. A van Deemter analysis shows that resolution is limited by diffusion-based peak broadening and wall adsorption. Effects of drag-tag polydispersity are not observed, despite the inherent polydispersity of the wormlike micelles. We ascribe this to a stochastic size-sampling process that occurs as micelle size fluctuates rapidly during the runtime. A theoretical model of the process suggests that fluctuations occur with a time scale less than 10 ms, consistent with the monomer exchange process in nonionic micelles. The CiEj buffer has a low viscosity (2.7 cP) and appears to be semidilute in micelle concentration. The large drag-tag size of the CiEj buffers leads to steric segregation of the DNA and tag for short fragments and attendant mobility shifts.

Fang Li

University of Jinan
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Bernhard Hauer

University of Stuttgart
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Albrecht Berkessel

Universit?t zu K?ln
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R. Strey

University of Cologne
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H. Klemmer

University of Cologne
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Julian Eastoe

University of Bristol
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