we used KOD XL polymerase purchased from Merck Millipore (Madrid,
Spain), synthetic oligonucleotides obtained from Biomers (Ulm, Germany),
natural dNTPs from ThermoFischer Scientific (Barcelona, Spain), and
the Sonogashira reaction.16 (link) For qPCR experiments,
we used the PowerUp SYBRGreen master mix from Applied Biosystems.
For agarose gel electrophoresis, we employed certified molecular
biology agarose gel powder from ThemoFischer Scientific (Barcelona,
Spain), GelRed Nucleic Acid Gel Stain from Biotium (Barcelona, Spain),
Tris-borate-EDTA (TBE) buffer prepared in house (10.8 g of TRIS-base,
5.5 g of boric acid, and 4 mL of ETDA 0.5 M per liter of solution),
and the DNA gene ruler low range DNA Ladder from Thermo Scientific.
To fabricate the electrode array and microfluidics, we used soda-lime
glass slides from Sigma-Aldrich (Spain), three-millimeter thick polymethylmethacrylate
(PMMA) from La Indústria de la Goma (Tarragona, Spain), and
double-sided adhesive gasket ARSeal 90880 from Adhesive Research (Ireland).
All other chemicals were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich S.A. (Barcelona,
Spain) and used as received.
We used DNA free water provided
by Fisher Bioreagents to prepare
PCR solutions and high purity deionized water (18 MΩ) produced
with a Milli-Q RG system (Millipore Ibérica, Spain) for all
other solutions.