Identifying single bases in a DNA oligomer with electron tunnelling

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 868-873

  Huang, Shuo ^a   He, Jin ^a   Chang, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Peiming ^a   Liang, Feng ^a   Li, Shengqin ^a   Tuchband, Michael ^a   Fuhrmann, Alexander ^a   Ros, Robert ^a   Lindsay, Stuart ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; OLIGOMERS;

DNA OLIGOMERS; ENZYMATIC PROCESSING; FUNCTIONALIZED; READING SPEED; RESIDENCE TIME; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DNA;

BASE; NUCLEOSIDE; OLIGOMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORCE; ION CURRENT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650009474     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.213     Document Type: Article

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