Abstract:
The action of high-frequency AC electric field on a single-stranded nucleic acid being present in an aqueous solution is verified, and the action is utilized for enhancement of the efficiency of hybridization for conversion of the single-stranded nucleic acid to a companion complementary strand. There are provided, for example, a method of nucleic acid extension and nucleic acid extending apparatus, wherein high-frequency AC electric field is applied to a single-stranded nucleic acid being present in liberated form in pure water or an aqueous solution of 5 to 11 pH (R), or to a single-stranded nucleic acid fixed onto the surface (f) of one or both (E) of counter electrodes (E,E) provided so as to face the aqueous solution (R), thereby extending the single-stranded nucleic acid.
Abstract:
The action of high-frequency AC electric field on a single-stranded nucleic acid being present in an aqueous solution is verified, and the action is utilized for enhancement of the efficiency of hybridization for conversion of the single-stranded nucleic acid to a companion complementary strand. There are provided, for example, a method of nucleic acid extension and nucleic acid extending apparatus, wherein high-frequency AC electric field is applied to a single-stranded nucleic acid being present in liberated form in pure water or an aqueous solution of 5 to 11 pH (R), or to a single-stranded nucleic acid fixed onto the surface (f) of one or both (E) of counter electrodes (E,E) provided so as to face the aqueous solution (R), thereby extending the single-stranded nucleic acid.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To verify the action of a high frequency AC electric field on a single strand nucleic acid existing in an aqueous solution never containing an ingredient such as a nucleic acid material, an enzyme, or a primer for synthesizing DNA, and to use the action for improving the efficiency of a hybridization using the single strand nucleic acid as a complementary chain for the other nucleic acid. SOLUTION: This method for elongating the single strand nucleic acid, comprises making a high frequency AC electric field to act on a single strand nucleic acid existing in pure water or an aqueous solution (R) of pH 15 to 11, or a single strand nucleic acid immobilized on the surface or surfaces (f) of one or both of counter electrodes (E, E) adjacently disposed to the aqueous solution (R). And an apparatus for elongating the single strand nucleic acid, and the like are provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI