Deciphering ionic current signatures of DNA transport through a nanopore

Nanoscale

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-483

  Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CHARGED SOLUTES; DNA STRANDS; DNA TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; IONIC CURRENT; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR SENSING; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; STOCHASTIC SENSORS; SYNTHETIC NANOPORES; TIME EVOLUTIONS; VERSATILE SYSTEM;

DNA; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

NANOPORES;

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, E COLI; MSPA PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; PORIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PORINS;

EID: 77953677764     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00275h     Document Type: Article

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