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Compositions, devices, systems, and methods for using a nanopore

US8500982B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2008
Grant dateAug 6, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/48721
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof.

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