Fast DNA sequencing via transverse electronic transport

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 779-782

  Lagerqvist, Johan ^a   Zwolak, Michael ^b   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HUMAN GENOME; PARALLELIZATION; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GENES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DNA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33646400831     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0601076     Document Type: Article

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