The mobility of polyions in gel electrophoresis

The reptation theory of polymer diffusion was introduced by de G e n n e ~? ~ and by Doi and Edwards?This work was the foundation of the reputation theory of gel electrophoresis developed by Lerman and Frisch4; Lumpkin and Zimm5; Lumpkin, DeJardin, and Z h n 6 ; and Slater and N~odlandi.'.~ Lumpkin et al., and Slater and Noolandi, deduced equations relating the electrophoretic velocity of polyions in gel electrophoresis to the applied voltage gradient.These equations are as follows:Eq. ( 13) of Ref. 6