Decoding DNA, RNA and peptides with quantum tunnelling

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 117-126

  Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^a   Taniguchi, Masateru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECODING; ELECTRON TUNNELING; PROTEINS; RNA;

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; COMPLETE GENOMES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM TUNNELLING; SHORT SEQUENCES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA BASE; PEPTIDE; RNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84957868063     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.320     Document Type: Review

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