title: Optimum sample medium for single-nucleotide polymorphism and mutation detection by capillary electrophoresis.
abstract: Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a versatile analytical platform widely used for nucleic acids analysis. Its applications in research and diagnostics include scanning and screening for mutations and polymorphisms by such reliable methods as single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), heteroduplex analysis (HA), and combined SSCP/HA. This study, aimed at the further development of these methods, is focused on detailed sample-media characteristics. Factors affecting single-strand conformer stability and DNA intake efficiency were analyzed. The sample media optimal for efficient mutation or SNP detection were determined, and complex SSCP-CE patterns arising from unpurified PCR products were explained. It turns out, that the nondenaturing aqueous media assure both efficient DNA intake, and single-strand conformers stability required for the SSCP and combined SSCP/HA. The results of this study are applicable to all these areas of biomedical research, in which capillary electrophoresis is used for the characterization of nucleic acids.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cancer Genetics, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.forename: Wlodzimierz J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Krzyzosiak
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
chemical_list: D004247:DNA