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N Kroutchinina

Publications and source records attributed to N Kroutchinina.

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PubMed2001

Microfabricated polycarbonate CE devices for DNA analysis.

The microchip capillary electrophoresis (CE) devices were fabricated in polycarbonate (PC) plastic material by compression molding. The molded devices were enclosed utilizing thermal bonding to another PC wafer. These thermal bonds do not yield up to an applied force equivalent to 150 psi. Aqueous fluid transport inside the plastic CE devices was enhanced by UV irradiation treatment of the hydrophobic polycarbonate plastic surfaces prior to thermal bonding. In comparison to glass microchannels, electroosmotic flow (EOF) in native PC channels is low and is independent of buffer pH at pH 7 and 9. UV irradiation of PC surfaces increases surface hydrophilicity and increases EOF. CE DNA separation was demonstrated in these PC CE devices with good resolution and run-to-run reproducibility. The on-chip PCR/CE analysis of a 500-bp region of bacteriophage lambda DNA was also demonstrated.

DNA↗
PubMed1998

Multiple sample PCR amplification and electrophoretic analysis on a microchip.

Polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) were carried out on as many as four DNA samples at a time on a microchip device. The PCR products were then analyzed, either individually or together on the same device, by microchip gel electrophoresis. A standard PCR protocol was used to amplify 199- and 500-base pair (bp) regions of bacteriophage lambda DNA and 346- and 410-bp regions of E. coli genomic and plasmid DNAs, respectively. Thermal lysis of the bacteria was integrated into the PCR cycle. A product sizing medium, poly(dimethylacrylamide), and an intercalating dye for fluorescence detection were used in the electrophoretic analysis of the products. PCR product sizes were determined by coelectrophoresis with marker DNA.

DNA, Bacterial↗
PubMed1998

Microchip device for cell lysis, multiplex PCR amplification, and electrophoretic sizing.

The steps of cell lysis, multiplex PCR amplification, and electrophoretic analysis are executed sequentially on a monolithic microchip device. The entire microchip is thermally cycled to lyse cells and to amplify DNA, and the products are then analyzed using a sieving medium for size separation and an intercalating dye for fluorescence detection. Using a standard PCR protocol, a 500-base pair (bp) region of bacteriophage lambda DNA and 154-, 264-, 346-, 410-, and 550-bp regions of E. coli genomic and plasmid DNAs are amplified. The electrophoretic analysis of the products is executed in <3 min following amplification using hydroxyethyl cellulose or poly(dimethylacrylamide) sieving gels. Product sizing is demonstrated by proportioning the amplified product with a DNA sizing ladder.

DNA, Bacterial↗