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ABSTRACT: We describe a whole-capillary, multicolor laser-induced fluorescence scanner for microfluidic protein analysis systems. Separation of proteins is achieved by isoelectric focusing in a short length of fused-silica capillary after which the resolved proteins are immobilized to the capillary wall using photochemistry. The capillary is then evacuated, and fluorescently labeled antibodies are flowed through the capillary to bind to the immobilized proteins. This technique provides high sensitivity, the ability to spatially resolve and quantify proteins, and provides the opportunity for complete automation. Results obtained by fluorescence detection are compared to those obtained by chemiluminescence while offering enhanced resolution and signal stability.
Analytical Chemistry 01/2008; 79(24):9478-83. · 5.86 Impact Factor
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Roger A O'Neill,
Arunashree Bhamidipati,
Xiahui Bi,
Debabrita Deb-Basu,
Linda Cahill,
Jason Ferrante,
Erik Gentalen,
Marc Glazer,
John Gossett,
Kevin Hacker, [......],
Uyen Nguyen,
Nineveh Parker,
Audie Rice,
David Roach,
Daniel Suich,
David Voehringer,
Karl Voss,
Jade Yang,
Tom Yang, Peter B Vander Horn
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ABSTRACT: A previously undescribed isoelectric focusing technology allows cell signaling to be quantitatively assessed in <25 cells. High-resolution capillary isoelectric focusing allows isoforms and individual phosphorylation forms to be resolved, often to baseline, in a 400-nl capillary. Key to the method is photochemical capture of the resolved protein forms. Once immobilized, the proteins can be probed with specific antibodies flowed through the capillary. Antibodies bound to their targets are detected by chemiluminescence. Because chemiluminescent substrates are flowed through the capillary during detection, localized substrate depletion is overcome, giving excellent linearity of response across several orders of magnitude. By analyzing pan-specific antibody signals from individual resolved forms of a protein, each of these can be quantified, without the problems associated with using multiple antibodies with different binding avidities to detect individual protein forms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 11/2006; 103(44):16153-8. · 9.68 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Mechanisms that allow replicative DNA polymerases to attain high processivity are often specific to a given polymerase and cannot be generalized to others. Here we report a protein engineering-based approach to significantly improve the processivity of DNA polymerases by covalently linking the polymerase domain to a sequence non-specific dsDNA binding protein. Using Sso7d from Sulfolobus solfataricus as the DNA binding protein, we demonstrate that the processivity of both family A and family B polymerases can be significantly enhanced. By introducing point mutations in Sso7d, we show that the dsDNA binding property of Sso7d is essential for the enhancement. We present evidence supporting two novel conclusions. First, the fusion of a heterologous dsDNA binding protein to a polymerase can increase processivity without compromising catalytic activity and enzyme stability. Second, polymerase processivity is limiting for the efficiency of PCR, such that the fusion enzymes exhibit profound advantages over unmodified enzymes in PCR applications. This technology has the potential to broadly improve the performance of nucleic acid modifying enzymes.
Nucleic Acids Research 02/2004; 32(3):1197-207. · 8.03 Impact Factor
