A Schematic Drawing of the MinION Nanopore (IMAGE)

University of Connecticut

A Schematic Drawing of the MinION Nanopore

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As a strand of DNA moves through the MinION nanopore, the MinION 'sees' five nucleotides at a time. Every set of five nucleotides produces a characteristic current, allowing the MinION to read out the DNA code in a single, continuous stream.

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Yesenia Carrero/UConn

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