nanopore
Look at other dictionaries:
Nanopore — A nanopore is a small hole in an electrically insulating membrane, that can be used as a single molecule detector. It may be considered a Coulter counter for much smaller particles. It can be a biological protein channel in a high electrical… … Wikipedia
Nanopore sequencing — is a method under development since 1995 [1][2] for determining the order in which nucleotides occur on a strand of DNA. A nanopore is simply a small hole, of the order of 1 nanometer in internal diameter. Certain transmembrane cellular proteins… … Wikipedia
nanopore — nanˈopore noun A microscopic pore or opening, specif one between 10−7m and 10−9m • • • Main Entry: ↑nano … Useful english dictionary
Full genome sequencing — Genome sequencing redirects here. For the sequencing only of DNA, see DNA sequencing. An image of the 46 chromosomes, making up the diploid genome of human male. (The mitochondrial chromosome is not shown.) Full genome sequencing (FGS), also… … Wikipedia
DNA sequencing — Part of a series on Genetics Key components Chromosome DNA • RNA Genome Heredity Mutation Nucleotide Variation … Wikipedia
Ion-beam sculpting — Ion Beam scultping is a term used to describe a two step process to make solid state nanopores. The term itself was coined by Golovchenko and co workers at Harvard in the paper Ion beam sculpting at nanometer length scales [J. Li, D. Stein, C.… … Wikipedia
List of nanotechnology topics — For a gentler introduction to nanotechnology, see List of basic nanotechnology topics This is a hierarchical list of (all) topics related to nanotechnology. Items marked with an asterisk (*) appear more than once in the list. General * History of … Wikipedia
Outline of nanotechnology — The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nanotechnology: Nanotechnology – study of physical phenomena on the nanoscale, dealing with things measured in nanometres, billionths of a meter. Contents 1 Branches of… … Wikipedia
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2002 — U.S. and Canadian Fellows= * Andrew Abbott, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago: Time and social structure. * Peter A. Abrams, Professor of Zoology, University of Toronto: Sources of uncertainty in… … Wikipedia
Greg Timp — Gregory Timp is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.Gregory Timp received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 under the direction of… … Wikipedia