Microchip electrophoresis-based separation of DNA
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Microfluidic Chip Fabrication and Method to Detect Influenza
Published on: March 26, 2013
Lihua Zhang1, Fuquan Dang, Yoshinobu Baba
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Shomachi, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan. lzhang@ph.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Miniaturized instruments have developed very quickly in the last decade. This review is focused on the microchip electrophoresis-based separation of DNA. Fundamentals, including the chip format, substrates and fabrication technologies, fluid control, as well as various detection methods, are summarized. Array electrophoresis microchip and the on-chip integration of electrophoresis with other systems are introduced as well. In addition, the application of microchip electrophoresis in DNA sizing, genetic analysis and DNA sequencing are also presented in this paper.
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