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Nanopores as protein sensors

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Two studies describe progress in designing nanopores capable of detecting single protein molecules.

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Figure 1: Nanopores bearing a single receptor in the opening detect single-protein molecules.

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  1. Stefan Howorka is in the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.,

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  2. Zuzanna S. Siwy is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.,

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Howorka, S., Siwy, Z. Nanopores as protein sensors. Nat Biotechnol 30, 506–507 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2264

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