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. 1990 Nov 11;18(21):6299–6304. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.21.6299

Field inversion gel electrophoresis with different pulse time ramps.

C Heller 1, F M Pohl 1
PMCID: PMC332495  PMID: 2243776

Abstract

The influence of different pulse time ramps on the separation of yeast chromosomes with field inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) was investigated by the means of two dimensional gel electrophoresis. The problem of band inversion, which makes it difficult to distinguish DNA molecules of different size, has been solved by using double randomized pulse times. A major disadvantage of the field inversion technique is thereby overcome, making this system comparable to other pulsed field techniques.

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