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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2015

Visualizing the entire DNA from a chromosome in a single frame.

C Freitag, C Noble, J Fritzsche, F Persson, M Reiter-Schad, A N Nilsson, A Granéli, T Ambjörnsson, K U Mir, J O Tegenfeldt

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Single-molecule DNA-mapping and whole-genome sequencing of individual cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

C Freitag
C NobleDepartment of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University , Lund, Sweden.
J Fritzsche
F Persson
M Reiter-SchadDepartment of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University , Lund, Sweden.
A N NilssonDepartment of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University , Lund, Sweden.
A GranéliDepartment of Physics, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg, Sweden.
T AmbjörnssonDepartment of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, Lund University , Lund, Sweden.
K U Mir
J O Tegenfeldt

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The contiguity and phase of sequence information are intrinsic to obtain complete understanding of the genome and its relationship to phenotype. We report the fabrication and application of a novel nanochannel design that folds megabase lengths of genomic DNA into a systematic back-and-forth meandering path. Such meandering nanochannels enabled us to visualize the complete 5.7 Mbp (1 mm) stained DNA length of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe chromosome in a single frame of a CCD. We were able to hold the DNA in situ while implementing partial denaturation to obtain a barcode pattern that we could match to a reference map using the Poland-Scheraga model for DNA melting. The facility to compose such long linear lengths of genomic DNA in one field of view enabled us to directly visualize a repeat motif, count the repeat unit number, and chart its location in the genome by reference to unique barcode motifs found at measurable distances from the repeat. Meandering nanochannel dimensions can easily be tailored to human chromosome scales, which would enable the whole genome to be visualized in seconds.

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PMID26392826
PMCPMC4570469

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