System and method for the preparation of arrays of biological or other molecules
a biological or other molecule and array technology, applied in the field of system and method for the preparation of arrays of biological or other molecules, can solve the problems of cumbersome and slow creation of spots on the array, separation by two-dimensional electrophoresis or electrophoresis, and the effect of reducing the number of spots
Inactive Publication Date: 2008-09-18
COOKS ROBERT GRAHAM +1
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This approach allows for efficient separation, storage, and analysis of proteins, preserving their structure and bioactivity, enabling rapid identification and analysis of proteins in a microarray format, which can be used for subsequent biochemical assays.
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Separation by two dimensional electrophoresis or electrophoresis and creation of spots on an array is cumbersome and slow.
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[0034]The preparation of microchips with biomolecule arrays is schematically illustrated in FIG. 1. The first step is the ionization 11 of the proteins or biomolecules contained in the sample mixture liquid solution 10 (or in other cases, the solid materials). The molecules can be ionized by electrospray ionization (ESI), matrix-assisted laser disorption ionization (MALDI) or other well known ionization methods. The ions are then separated 12 based on their mass / charge ratio or their mobility or both their mass / charge ratio and mobility. For example, the ions can be accumulated in an ion storage device such as a quadrupole ion trap (Paul trap, including the variants known as the cylindrical ion trap [2] and the linear ion trap [3]) or an ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) trap. Either within this device or using a separate mass analyzer (such as a quadrupole mass filter or magnetic sector or time of flight), the stored ions are separated based on mass / charge ratios. Additional separation...
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A method of separating species in a mixture of molecules, particles or atoms and collecting the separated species is described. The method comprises the steps of converting by ionization the species in the mixture to gas phase ions, separating the gas phase ions according to their mass charge ratio and / or mobility and collecting the separated ions. The system includes ionizing means such as electrospray to form the gas phase ions. The gas phase ions are separated by filtering, or in time or in space and soft-landed for collection such as on a surface.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 387,241, filed Jun. 7, 2002.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates generally to a system and method for the preparation of arrays of separated biological or other molecules from a mixture of proteins or other molecules.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Micro arrays having a matrix of positionally defined reagent target spots for performing chemical tests are known. Known reagents are deposited by spotting techniques well known in the art. In analyzing a sample, it is reacted with the array and separate chemical tests are performed with the reagent at each spot.[0004]Mass spectrometers of various types have been used to identify molecules including proteins by mass analysis. The molecules are ionized and then introduced into the mass spectrometer for mass analysis. In recent years, mass spectrometers have been used by...
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IPC IPC(8): C40B40/00C40B50/18H01J49/26B01L99/00G01N27/62C12Q1/68G01N27/64G01N37/00H01J49/00H01J49/10H01J49/16H01J49/42
CPCH01J49/04Y10T436/25Y10T436/25875Y10T436/25375C12Q1/6844
InventorCOOKS, ROBERT GRAHAMOUYANG, ZHENG
OwnerCOOKS ROBERT GRAHAM