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Title: Study of polymer molecules and conformations with a nanopore

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1171692

The invention features methods for evaluating the conformation of a polymer, for example, for determining the conformational distribution of a plurality of polymers and to detect binding or denaturation events. The methods employ a nanopore which the polymer, e.g., a nucleic acid, traverses. As the polymer traverses the nanopore, measurements of transport properties of the nanopore yield data on the conformation of the polymer.

Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-01ER45922
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
8,969,091
Application Number:
13/766,231
OSTI ID:
1171692
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 13
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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