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When less is more in a nanopore

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Chemically modifying solid-state nanopores with a single nitrilotriacetic acid receptor allows the reversible detection of single proteins.

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Figure 1: Reversible capture of a single protein within a nanopore.

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  1. Brandon Ritzo and Yong Wang are in the Department of Biological Engineering, Li-Qun Gu, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA,

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Gu, LQ., Ritzo, B. & Wang, Y. When less is more in a nanopore. Nature Nanotech 7, 212–213 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.48

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