Abstract
Ion pair reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography on non-porous alkylated poly(styrene-divinylbenzene) particles enables the high resolution separation of double stranded DNA fragments. To further understand the separation mechanisms involved in ion pair reverse phase liquid chromatography we have analysed the effects of curved or “bent” DNA fragments with respect to their separation using both gel electrophoresis and ion pair reverse phase liquid chromatography. Size dependent separations of curved DNA fragments that migrate anomalously during gel electrophoresis were observed using ion pair reverse phase liquid chromatography. To further study the sequence effect and resulting changes in hydrophobicity of the duplex DNA, PCR fragments were generated that contain uracil in place of thymine. The resulting fragments were shown to elute with shorter retention times, demonstrating that sequence-specific effects can alter the retention of duplex DNA. The study was extended to the investigation of non-canonical B-DNA structures (Holliday junctions) under various chromatographic conditions, demonstrating that the coaxial stacking of the helices in such structures, in the presence of magnesium causes a change in retention.
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