Rapid electronic detection of probe-specific microRNAs using thin nanopore sensors

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 807-814

  Wanunu, Meni ^a   Dadosh, Tali ^a   Ray, Vishva ^a   Jin, Jingmin ^b   McReynolds, Larry ^b   Drndić, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; NANOPORES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROBES;

DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATIONS; ELECTRONIC DETECTION; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PICOGRAM LEVEL; RADIOACTIVE LABELLING; RNA SILENCING; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

RNA;

MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN P19;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78149415469     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.202     Document Type: Article

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