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Meetings Diary: Electrophoresis 13/2008
Author(s) -
Noah I. Tracy,
Cornelius F. Ivory
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200890058
Subject(s) - citation , information retrieval , computer science , combinatorics , library science , mathematics
Dynamic field gradient focusing uses an electric field gradient to separate and concentrate proteins in native buffers. A prototype preparative-scale dynamic field gradient focusing apparatus reproducibly separated hemoglobin and bovine serum albumin with a mean resolution of 2.64+/-0.503. Run-to-run variations in the hemoglobin's focal point and peak width appeared to be related to fluctuations in the shape of the electric field, rather than the 5% accuracy of the pump that provided the counter-flow in the separation annulus. The variation in the electric field gradient was probably due to the formation and expansion of an ion-depleted region at the top of the separation annulus.