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The dynamics of genomic-length DNA molecules in 100-nm channels

Tegenfeldt, Jonas LU orcid ; Prinz, Christelle LU ; Cao, H ; Chou, S ; Reisner, WW ; Riehn, R ; Wang, YM ; Cox, EC ; Sturm, JC and Silberzan, P , et al. (2004) In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(30). p.10979-10983
Abstract
We show that genomic-length DNA molecules imaged in nano-channels have an extension along the channel that scales linearly with the contour length of the polymer, in agreement with the scaling arguments developed by de Gennes for self-avoiding confined polymers. This fundamental relationship allows us to measure directly the contour length of single DNA molecules confined in the channels, and the statistical analysis of the dynamics of the polymer in the nanochannel allows us to compute the SD of the mean of the extension. This statistical analysis allows us to measure the extension of A DNA multimers with a 130-nm SD in 1 min.
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101
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0403849101
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  abstract     = {{We show that genomic-length DNA molecules imaged in nano-channels have an extension along the channel that scales linearly with the contour length of the polymer, in agreement with the scaling arguments developed by de Gennes for self-avoiding confined polymers. This fundamental relationship allows us to measure directly the contour length of single DNA molecules confined in the channels, and the statistical analysis of the dynamics of the polymer in the nanochannel allows us to compute the SD of the mean of the extension. This statistical analysis allows us to measure the extension of A DNA multimers with a 130-nm SD in 1 min.}},
  author       = {{Tegenfeldt, Jonas and Prinz, Christelle and Cao, H and Chou, S and Reisner, WW and Riehn, R and Wang, YM and Cox, EC and Sturm, JC and Silberzan, P and Austin, RH}},
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  number       = {{30}},
  pages        = {{10979--10983}},
  publisher    = {{National Academy of Sciences}},
  series       = {{Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}},
  title        = {{The dynamics of genomic-length DNA molecules in 100-nm channels}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403849101}},
  doi          = {{10.1073/pnas.0403849101}},
  volume       = {{101}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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