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Molecular dynamics study of MspA arginine mutants predicts slow DNA translocations and ion current blockades indicative of DNA sequence.
ACS nano - 28 Aug 2012
Bhattacharya Swati, Derrington Ian M, Pavlenok Mikhail, Niederweis Michael, Gundlach Jens H, Aksimentiev Aleksei
Abstract excerpt
The protein nanopore Mycobacteria smegmatis porin A (MspA), can be used to sense individual nucleotides within DNA, potentially enabling a technique known as nanopore sequencing. In this technique, single-stranded DNA electrophoretically moves through the nanopore and results in an ionic current that is nucleotide-specific. However, with a high transport velocity of the DNA within the nanopore, the ionic current...
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