The potential and challenges of nanopore sequencing

D Branton, DW Deamer, A Marziali, H Bayley… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
A nanopore-based device provides single-molecule detection and analytical capabilities
that are achieved by electrophoretically driving molecules in solution through a nano-scale …

Nanopore analytics: sensing of single molecules

S Howorka, Z Siwy - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
In nanopore analytics, individual molecules pass through a single nanopore giving rise to
detectable temporary blockades in ionic pore current. Reflecting its simplicity, nanopore …

Monitoring the escape of DNA from a nanopore using an alternating current signal

DK Lathrop, EN Ervin, GA Barrall… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We present the use of an alternating current (AC) signal as a means to monitor the
conductance of an α-hemolysin (αHL) pore as a DNA hairpin with a polydeoxyadenosine tail …

Translocation of precision polymers through biological nanopores

M Boukhet, NF König, AA Ouahabi… - Macromolecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nanopore analysis, which is, currently, chiefly used for DNA sequencing, is also an
appealing technique for characterizing abiotic polymers. As a first step toward this goal …

[HTML][HTML] Nonexponential kinetics of DNA escape from α-hemolysin nanopores

M Wiggin, C Tropini, V Tabard-Cossa, NN Jetha… - Biophysical journal, 2008 - cell.com
Throughput and resolution of DNA sequence detection technologies employing nanometer
scale pores hinge on accurate kinetic descriptions of DNA motion in nanopores. We present …

DNA strands attached inside single conical nanopores: ionic pore characteristics and insight into DNA biophysics

G Nguyen, S Howorka, ZS Siwy - The Journal of membrane biology, 2011 - Springer
Single nanopores attract a great deal of scientific interest as a basis for biosensors and as a
system to study the interactions and behavior of molecules in a confined volume. Tuning the …

Determination of free energy profiles for the translocation of polynucleotides through α-hemolysin nanopores using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations

HSC Martin, S Jha, S Howorka… - Journal of chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The translocation of polynucleotides through transmembrane protein pores is a fundamental
biological process with important technological and medical relevance. The translocation …

Thermal motion of DNA in an MspA pore

B Lu, S Fleming, T Szalay, J Golovchenko - Biophysical journal, 2015 - cell.com
We report on an experiment and calculations that determine the thermal motion of a voltage-
clamped single-stranded DNA-NeutrAvidin complex in a Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A …

[HTML][HTML] 5-and 4′-Hydroxylated flavonoids affect voltage gating of single alpha-hemolysin pore

OS Ostroumova, SS Efimova, LV Schagina - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2011 - Elsevier
Molecular mechanisms of the influence of flavonoids on the voltage gating of a single alpha-
hemolysin channel in planar lipid membranes are studied. It is shown that the addition of …

Creating a single sensing zone within an alpha-hemolysin pore via site-directed mutagenesis

EN Ervin, GA Barrall, P Pal, MK Bean, AEP Schibel… - Bionanoscience, 2014 - Springer
Although significant progress has recently been made towards realizing the goal of direct
nanopore-based DNA sequencing (Manrao et al. in Nature Biotechnology 30: 349–353 …