Agarose droplet microfluidics for highly parallel and efficient single molecule emulsion PCR

An agarose droplet method was developed for highly parallel and efficient single molecule emulsion PCR. The method capitalizes on the unique thermoresponsive sol-gel switching property of agarose for highly efficient DNA amplification and amplicon trapping. Uniform agarose solution droplets generate...

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Published in:Lab on a chip 2010-01, Vol.10 (21), p.2841
Main Authors: Leng, Xuefei, Zhang, Wenhua, Wang, Chunming, Cui, Liang, Yang, Chaoyong James
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emulsions
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Sepharose
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Summary:An agarose droplet method was developed for highly parallel and efficient single molecule emulsion PCR. The method capitalizes on the unique thermoresponsive sol-gel switching property of agarose for highly efficient DNA amplification and amplicon trapping. Uniform agarose solution droplets generated via a microfluidic chip serve as robust and inert nanolitre PCR reactors for single copy DNA molecule amplification. After PCR, agarose droplets are gelated to form agarose beads, trapping all amplicons in each reactor to maintain the monoclonality of each droplet. This method does not require cocapsulation of primer labeled microbeads, allows high throughput generation of uniform droplets and enables high PCR efficiency, making it a promising platform for many single copy genetic studies.
ISSN:1473-0197
1473-0189
DOI:10.1039/c0lc00145g