Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Single-molecule sensing of peptides and nucleic acids by engineered aerolysin nanopores

  • Chan Cao,
  • Nuria Cirauqui,
  • Maria Jose Marcaida,
  • Elena Buglakova,
  • Alice Duperrex,
  • Aleksandra Radenovic,
  • Matteo Dal Peraro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12690-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Aerolysin pores have potential to improve the accuracy of DNA sequencing and single-molecule proteomics. Here, the authors rationally design a set of mutated pores to achieve a more accurate detection of peptides and nucleic acids.