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Title: Biosensor compositions and methods of use

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175421

Provided are pore-subunit polypeptides covalently linked to one or more sensing moieties, and uses of these modified polypeptides to detect and/or measure analytes or physical characteristics within a given sample.

Research Organization:
Texas A And M University, College Station, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG0397ER20271
Assignee:
Texas A And M University (College Station, TX)
Patent Number(s):
6,916,665
Application Number:
09/781,697
OSTI ID:
1175421
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Calixarenes, Macrocycles with (Almost) Unlimited Possibilities journal April 1995
Detecting protein analytes that modulate transmembrane movement of a polymer chain within a single protein pore journal October 2000
The Gramicidin-Based Biosensor: A Functioning Nano-Machine
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book September 2007

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