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On-chip Isotachophoresis for Separation of Ions and Purification of Nucleic Acids
JoVE Journal
Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
On-chip Isotachophoresis for Separation of Ions and Purification of Nucleic Acids
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10:32 min

March 02, 2012

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:39Physics of ITP
  • 03:20Device Cleaning and Preparation
  • 04:43Fluorophore Focusing in Peak Mode ITP
  • 05:30Extraction and Purification of Nucleic Acids from Cultured E. Coli
  • 07:21Separation of Amino Acides with Cationic Plateau Mode ITP and Non-Focusing Tracer (NFT) for Visualization
  • 08:33Representative ITP Results
  • 09:54Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Isotachophoresis (ITP) is a robust electrokinetic separation and preconcentration technique with applications ranging from toxin detection to sample preparation. We review the physical principles of ITP and the methodology of applying this technique to two specific example applications: separation and detection of small molecules and purification of nucleic acids from cell culture lysate.

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