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Aretroviral genomic RNA <strong>of</strong> approximately 16,600 bases has successfully<br />

beenpurifiedfromvirallysateonSpherogelTSK6000PW(7).Inspite<strong>of</strong> itslong<br />

chain length, the retroviral RNA was not excluded in the void volume <strong>of</strong> the<br />

column, probably due to the tridimensional structure, <strong>and</strong> it was separated from<br />

other components. The preparation <strong>of</strong> the genomic RNA was 20 times more<br />

efficient than the sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation in terms <strong>of</strong> yield.<br />

AccordingtothetestforloadingcapacityinSEConcolumns<strong>of</strong>7.5 mmID,<br />

RNA samples could be applied without adecrease in resolution up to afew<br />

milligrams (5).<br />

3 DNA FRAGMENTS<br />

DNA fragments <strong>of</strong> up to approximately 7,000 base pairs have successfully been<br />

separated by SEC. Figure 3shows chromatograms <strong>of</strong> HaeIII-cleaved plasmid<br />

pBR322 obtained on column systems consisting <strong>of</strong> two TSKgel G3000SW<br />

columns or two G4000SW columns (each column 60 cm 7.5 mm ID). The<br />

numeralsabovethepeaksrepresentthebasepairs<strong>of</strong>DNAfragmentscontained in<br />

the peaks. On G3000SW,DNA fragments <strong>of</strong> less then 124 base pairs were well<br />

separated,whereaslargerDNAfragmentswereelutedtogetherinthevoidvolume<br />

<strong>of</strong> the column system (approximately 20 mL). On G4000SW,DNA fragments up<br />

to 267 base pairs were separated. According to these results, it can be said that<br />

relatively small DNA fragments can be separated by SEC if they differ by more<br />

than 10% in chain length. The chain length <strong>of</strong> DNA fragments is plotted against<br />

elutionvolumeinFig.4.Theaveragechainlengthswereusedforpeakscontaining<br />

more than one DNA fragment. The results demonstrate that DNA fragments were<br />

separated according to their chain length. Therefore, it is possible not only<br />

to purify fragments but also to estimate the chain length <strong>of</strong> unknown DNA<br />

fragments. Figure 5shows the separation <strong>of</strong> larger DNA fragments. Amixture<br />

<strong>of</strong> EcoRI-cleaved plasmid pBR322 <strong>and</strong> BstNI-cleaved plasmid pBR322<br />

was separated on a TSKgel DNA-PW four-column system (each column<br />

30 cm 7.8 mm ID). The sample contains seven fragments <strong>of</strong> 13, 121, 383, 928,<br />

1,060, 1,857, <strong>and</strong> 4,362 base pairs. Peaks a–f contained fragments <strong>of</strong> 4,362 (a),<br />

1,857 (b), 1,060 <strong>and</strong> 928 (c), 383 (d), 121 (e), <strong>and</strong> 13 (f) according to<br />

polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis <strong>of</strong> collected eluates corresponding to the<br />

peaks. Although two fragments <strong>of</strong> 928 <strong>and</strong> 1,060 base pairs were eluted together as<br />

one peak, all the other fragments were well separated from each other. The<br />

separations <strong>of</strong> 1,060 <strong>and</strong> 1,857 base pair fragments <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> 1,857 <strong>and</strong> 4,362 base<br />

pair fragments were also almost complete. This means that even fragments <strong>of</strong><br />

greater than 1000 base pairs can be separated with little cross-contamination,<br />

provided that the chain length <strong>of</strong> one is more than twice that <strong>of</strong> the other. The void<br />

volume <strong>of</strong> the column system was determined with l-DNA. The exclusion limit <strong>of</strong><br />

© 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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