METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENCING A NUCLEIC ACID USING IMMOBILIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES IN A NANOCHANNEL

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for nucleic acid sequence analysis by the fixation of nanoparticles in a nanochannel are provided to continuously supply nucleic acid synthase and bases, and to analyze long nucleic acid sequences. CONSTITUTION: A method for nucleic acid sequence analysis by the fixation of nanoparticle in a nanochannel comprises: a step of binding the nanoparticles to one end of a nucleic acid; a step of introducing the nucleic acid to singular or plural nanochannel(s); and a step of fixing the nanoparticles inside the nanochannel, and elongating the nucleic acid. [Reference numerals] (AA) Fixation; (BB) Nanoparticles; (CC) Coiled ssDNA; (DD) Stretched ssDNA; (EE) Stretching force