Orientational dynamics of T2 DNA during agarose gel electrophoresis: influence of gel concentration and electric field strength

Biopolymers
B AkermanM Lalande

Abstract

The understanding, on a molecular level, of the mechanisms responsible for the improved separation in DNA gel electrophoresis when using modulated electric fields requires detailed information about conformational distribution and dynamics in the DNA/gel system. The orientational order due to electrophoretic migration ("electrophoretic orientation") is an interesting piece of information in this context that can be obtained through linear dichroism spectroscopy [M. Jonsson, B. Akerman, and B. Nordén, (1988) Biopolymers 27, 381-414]. The technique permits measurement of the orientation factor S of DNA (S = 1 corresponds to perfect orientation) within an electrophoretic zone in the gel during the electrophoresis. It is reported that the degree of orientation of T2 DNA [170 kilo base pairs (kpb)] is considerable (S = 0.17 in 1% agarose at 10 V/cm) compared to relatively modest orientations of short fragments found earlier (for 23-kbp DNA, S = 0.03 in 1% agarose at 10 V/cm), showing that large DNA coils are substantially deformed during the migration. Growth and relaxation dynamics of the orientational order of the T2 DNA are also reported, as functions of gel concentration (0.3-2%), electric field strength (0-40 V/cm), and pulse c...Continue Reading

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