Nanopump device for analyzing DNA sequences
First Claim
1. A device for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence contained in a solution of solution of nucleic acid fragments and having a selected pH, comprising:
- a chamber, a membrane disposed in said chamber and having a channel extending between an upstream chamber region adapted to hold the electrolyte solution of such different-length fragments, and a downstream chamber region adapted to hold an electrolyte solution, where said channel has a selected minimum cross-sectional dimension in the range between 2 and 100 nm and a net surface charge within a given pH range that includes the selected solution pH, attached to a wall portion of the channel, a capture nucleic acid having a sequence complementary to the target sequence, upstream and downstream electrodes disposed in said upstream and downstream chamber regions, respectively, for contacting solution placed in the corresponding chamber regions, a controller including a power source operatively connected to said electrodes for applying a selected voltage potential across said channel, to move individual nucleic acid sequences contained in the solution through said channel, where said sequences can hybridize to complementary target sequences bound to the channel wall portion.
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Abstract
The invention includes a device for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence contained in a solution of solution of nucleic acid fragments. The device includes a chamber, and a membrane disposed in said chamber and having a channel extending between an upstream chamber region, where the said channel has a selected minimum cross-sectional dimension in the range between 2 and 100 nm. Attached to a wall portion of the channel, is a capture nucleic acid having a sequence complementary to the target sequence. Upstream and downstream electrodes disposed in the upstream and downstream chamber regions, respectively, are in contact with electrolyte solution placed in the corresponding chamber regions. A controller in the device includes a power source operatively connected to the electrodes for applying a selected voltage potential across the channel, to move individual nucleic acid sequences contained in the solution through the channel, where the sequences can hybridize to complementary target sequences bound to the channel wall portion.
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10 Claims
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1. A device for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence contained in a solution of solution of nucleic acid fragments and having a selected pH, comprising:
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a chamber, a membrane disposed in said chamber and having a channel extending between an upstream chamber region adapted to hold the electrolyte solution of such different-length fragments, and a downstream chamber region adapted to hold an electrolyte solution, where said channel has a selected minimum cross-sectional dimension in the range between 2 and 100 nm and a net surface charge within a given pH range that includes the selected solution pH, attached to a wall portion of the channel, a capture nucleic acid having a sequence complementary to the target sequence, upstream and downstream electrodes disposed in said upstream and downstream chamber regions, respectively, for contacting solution placed in the corresponding chamber regions, a controller including a power source operatively connected to said electrodes for applying a selected voltage potential across said channel, to move individual nucleic acid sequences contained in the solution through said channel, where said sequences can hybridize to complementary target sequences bound to the channel wall portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for detecting a target nucleic acid sequence contained in an electrolyte solution of nucleic acid fragments and having a selected pH, comprising
placing the solution in a chamber having a membrane disposed therein, said membrane having a channel extending between an upstream chamber region adapted to hold the electrolyte solution of such different-length fragments, and a downstream chamber region adapted to hold an electrolyte solution, where said channel (i) has a selected minimum cross-sectional dimension in the range between 2 and 100 nm, (ii) a net surface charge within a given pH range that includes the selected solution pH, and (iii), attached to a wall portion of the channel, a capture nucleic acid having a sequence complementary to the target sequence, applying across the channel, a voltage potential sufficient to move nucleic acid sequences in said solution through said channel, where said sequences can hybridize to complementary target sequences bound to the channel wall portion, releasing captured target sequence from said channel by applying a voltage potential across said channel effect to dissociate hybridized nucleic acids, and detecting released target sequences.
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