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Topographic fingerprinting of single proteins and proteoforms

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A distance-based mapping strategy using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer via DNA eXchange (FRET X) enables full-length fingerprinting of intact protein sequences.

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Fig. 1: FRET X allows the fingerprinting of full-length intact proteins.

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Penedo, J.C. Topographic fingerprinting of single proteins and proteoforms. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01638-w

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