• DocumentCode
    2270765
  • Title

    Zero-mode waveguides for single molecule analysis and fast DNA sequencing

  • Author

    Levene, M. ; Korlach, J. ; Turner, S. ; Craighead, H.G. ; Webb, W.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    24-24 May 2002
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. Zero-mode waveguides enable the observation of which fluorescent nucleotide analog is being added to the double stranded product in the active site of the enzyme while excluding signal from freely diffusing fluorescent species. The effectiveness of zero-mode waveguides is demonstrated by real-time observation of single molecules of DNA polymerase immobilized inside zero-mode waveguides, using micromolar concentrations of fluorescently labeled nucleotide analogs.
  • Keywords
    biological techniques; fluorescence; genetics; molecular biophysics; optical waveguides; proteins; DNA polymerase; active site; double stranded product; enzyme; fast DNA sequencing; fluorescently labeled nucleotide analogs; freely diffusing fluorescent species; micromolar concentrations; real-time observation; single molecule analysis; zero-mode waveguides; Biochemistry; Finite element methods; Fluorescence; Genomics; Polymers; Spectroscopy; Waveguide theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-706-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034137
  • Filename
    1034137