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  • Nanopores can identify the amino acids in proteins, the first step to sequencing

    Dec 17, 2019 2:00 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    In this computer simulation, a portion of a protein moves through an aerolysin nanopore.

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    Grad student Kumar Sarthak and physics professor Aleksei Aksimentiev were part of a team that demonstrated that nanopores could sequence proteins, giving reserachers insight into activity within a cell.  

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