Using nanopores to detect epigenetic changes faster (IMAGE)

University of Freiburg

Using nanopores to detect epigenetic changes faster

Caption

Cut-open view of the modified (R220S) aerolysin pore (gray) with field lines (dashed) in a lipid membrane. Fragments of human histone protein 4 acetylated at various lysine residues arrive from the upper compartment; a fragment acetylated at lysine-8 is shown within the pore. The peptide backbones are shown in gray, the unmodified side chains in green, and the acetylated lysines in purple.

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Sarthak Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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