Microchannel array component, microchannel array for recovering biomolecules, and method for recovering biomolecules

摘要

Various types of biomolecules as the objects of recovery included in a sample solution in minute amounts are separated in accordance with their affinity for various types of probe molecules and readily recovered. A sample solution 8 including biomolecules 7 as the objects of recovery are poured into a microchannel array 6. After the biomolecules 7 are bound to probe molecules which are fixed on the wall of a microchannel in the form of spots and which have a high affinity for the biomolecules 7, a second substrate having periodic protrusions is removed from the microchannel array 6. A portion of the microchannel array 6 that includes a spot in which the probe molecules that are bound to the biomolecules 7, which are the objects of recovery for the first substrate, are fixed is cut with a sharp cutting knife, for example, thereby obtaining a piece that retains on the surface the probe molecules that are bound to the biomolecules 7.