ELECTROPHORETIC SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ELECTROPHORESED BIOPOLYMERS

摘要

An electrophoretic system for real time analysis of a plurality of samples each containing at least one biopolymer is disclosed. The system includes (a) a holder (12) for holding a plurality of removable gel cassettes (32), the holder supporting a plurality of electrode pairs; (b) the plurality of removable gel cassettes each having an open top end and a bottom end and being designed for containing a gel slab therein, wherein each pair of the plurality of electrode pairs (14) serves for creating a voltage gradient in a single gel slab, such that electrophoretic separation of the at least one biopolymer of each of the plurality of samples is thereby effective; (c) a plurality of detector assemblies (20) each including a plurality of detection units, each of the plurality of detector assemblies being intimately positionable at a region of one of the plurality of removable gel cassettes corresponding to a portion of the gel slab.