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Dziubak D, Sęk S. Sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes formed by self-assembly of bicelles: Spectroelectrochemical characterization and incorporation of transmembrane protein. Bioelectrochemistry 2023; 153:108482. [PMID: 37271008 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2023.108482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Many biochemical processes related to proper homeostasis take place in cell membranes. The key molecules involved in these processes are proteins, including transmembrane proteins. These macromolecules still challenge the understanding of their function within the membrane. Biomimetic models that mimic the properties of the cell membrane can help understand their functionality. Unfortunately, preserving the native protein structure in such systems is problematic. A possible solution to this problem involves the use of bicelles. Their unique properties make integrating bicelles with transmembrane proteins manageable while preserving their native structure. Hitherto, bicelles have not been used as precursors for protein-hosting lipid membranes deposited on solid substrates like pre-modified gold. Here, we demonstrated that bicelles can be self-assembled to form sparsely tethered bilayer lipid membranes and the properties of the resulting membrane satisfy the conditions suitable for transmembrane protein insertion. We showed that the incorporation of α-hemolysin toxin in the lipid membrane leads to a decrease in membrane resistance due to pore formation. Simultaneously, the insertion of the protein causes a drop in the capacitance of the membrane-modified electrode, which can be explained by the dehydration of the polar region of the lipid bilayer and the loss of water from the submembrane region.
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- Damian Dziubak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.
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Ahmed YW, Alemu BA, Bekele SA, Gizaw ST, Zerihun MF, Wabalo EK, Teklemariam MD, Mihrete TK, Hanurry EY, Amogne TG, Gebrehiwot AD, Berga TN, Haile EA, Edo DO, Alemu BD. Epigenetic tumor heterogeneity in the era of single-cell profiling with nanopore sequencing. Clin Epigenetics 2022; 14:107. [PMID: 36030244 PMCID: PMC9419648 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01323-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Nanopore sequencing has brought the technology to the next generation in the science of sequencing. This is achieved through research advancing on: pore efficiency, creating mechanisms to control DNA translocation, enhancing signal-to-noise ratio, and expanding to long-read ranges. Heterogeneity regarding epigenetics would be broad as mutations in the epigenome are sensitive to cause new challenges in cancer research. Epigenetic enzymes which catalyze DNA methylation and histone modification are dysregulated in cancer cells and cause numerous heterogeneous clones to evolve. Detection of this heterogeneity in these clones plays an indispensable role in the treatment of various cancer types. With single-cell profiling, the nanopore sequencing technology could provide a simple sequence at long reads and is expected to be used soon at the bedside or doctor's office. Here, we review the advancements of nanopore sequencing and its use in the detection of epigenetic heterogeneity in cancer.
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- Yohannis Wondwosen Ahmed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box: 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia
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Zherdev AV, Dzantiev BB. Detection Limits of Immunoanalytical Systems: Limiting Factors and Methods of Reduction. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934822040141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhang L, Burns N, Jordan M, Jayasinghe L, Guo P. Macromolecule sensing and tumor biomarker detection by harnessing terminal size and hydrophobicity of viral DNA packaging motor channels into membranes and flow cells. Biomater Sci 2021; 10:167-177. [PMID: 34812812 DOI: 10.1039/d1bm01264a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Biological nanopores for single-pore sensing have the advantage of size homogeneity, structural reproducibility, and channel amenability. In order to translate this to clinical applications, the functional biological nanopore must be inserted into a stable system for high-throughput analysis. Here we report factors that control the rate of pore insertion into polymer membrane and analyte translocation through the channel of viral DNA packaging motors of Phi29, T3 and T7. The hydrophobicity of aminol or carboxyl terminals and their relation to the analyte translocation were investigated. It was found that both the size and the hydrophobicity of the pore terminus are critical factors for direct membrane insertion. An N-terminus or C-terminus hydrophobic mutation is crucial for governing insertion orientation and subsequent macromolecule translocation due to the one-way traffic property. The N- or C-modification led to two different modes of application. The C-terminal insertion permits translocation of analytes such as peptides to enter the channel through the N terminus, while N-terminus insertion prevents translocation but offers the measurement of gating as a sensing parameter, thus generating a tool for detection of markers. A urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) binding peptide was fused into the C-terminal of Phi29 nanopore to serve as a probe for uPAR protein detection. The uPAR has proven to be a predictive biomarker in several types of cancer, including breast cancer. With an N-terminal insertion, the binding of the uPAR antigen to individual peptide probe induced discretive steps of current reduction due to the induction of channel gating. The distinctive current signatures enabled us to distinguish uPAR positive and negative tumor cell lines. This finding provides a theoretical basis for a robust biological nanopore sensing system for high-throughput macromolecular sensing and tumor biomarker detection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Long Zhang
- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, UK
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- Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd, Gosling Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4DQ, UK
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine; College of Pharmacy; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute; James Comprehensive Cancer Center; College of Medicine; The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Tang M, He S, Gong X, Lü P, Taha RH, Chen K. High-Quality de novo Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Single Bombyx mori With BmNPV Resistance by a Combination of PacBio Long-Read Sequencing, Illumina Short-Read Sequencing, and Hi-C Sequencing. Front Genet 2021; 12:718266. [PMID: 34603381 PMCID: PMC8481875 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.718266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The reference genomes of Bombyx mori (B. mori), Silkworm Knowledge-based database (SilkDB) and SilkBase, have served as the gold standard for nearly two decades. Their use has fundamentally shaped model organisms and accelerated relevant studies on lepidoptera. However, the current reference genomes of B. mori do not accurately represent the full set of genes for any single strain. As new genome-wide sequencing technologies have emerged and the cost of high-throughput sequencing technology has fallen, it is now possible for standard laboratories to perform full-genome assembly for specific strains. Here we present a high-quality de novo chromosome-level genome assembly of a single B. mori with nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV) resistance through the integration of PacBio long-read sequencing, Illumina short-read sequencing, and Hi-C sequencing. In addition, regular bioinformatics analyses, such as gene family, phylogenetic, and divergence analyses, were performed. The sample was from our unique B. mori species (NB), which has strong inborn resistance to BmNPV. Our genome assembly showed good collinearity with SilkDB and SilkBase and particular regions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first genome assembly with BmNPV resistance, which should be a more accurate insect model for resistance studies.
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- Min Tang
- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,Department of Medical Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Sericulture, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Ouyang Q, Tu L, Zhang Y, Chen H, Fan Y, Tu Y, Li Y, Sun Y. Construction of a Smart Nanofluidic Sensor through a Redox Reaction Strategy for High-Performance Carbon Monoxide Sensing. Anal Chem 2020; 92:14947-14952. [PMID: 33119273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Carbon monoxide (CO), an important gas signaling molecule, demonstrated various physiological and pathological functions by regulating the ion flux of biological channels. Herein, inspired by the CO-regulated K+ channel in vivo, we propose a smart CO-responsive nanosensor through the redox reaction strategy. Such nanosensor demonstrated an outstanding CO specificity and selectivity with high ion rectification (∼9) as well as excellent stability and recyclability. Therefore, these results will provide a new direction for the design of nanochannel-based sensors for future practical and biological applications.
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- Qingying Ouyang
- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Radioactive and Rare Resource Utilization, Shaoguan 512026, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Harbin Medical University, The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin 150008, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou 425199, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticides and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Ying YL, Wang J, Leach AR, Jiang Y, Gao R, Xu C, Edwards MA, Pendergast AD, Ren H, Weatherly CKT, Wang W, Actis P, Mao L, White HS, Long YT. Single-entity electrochemistry at confined sensing interfaces. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9716-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Liang S, Xiang F, Tang Z, Nouri R, He X, Dong M, Guan W. Noise in nanopore sensors: Sources, models, reduction, and benchmarking. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND PRECISION ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.npe.2019.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Wang J, Li MY, Yang J, Wang YQ, Wu XY, Huang J, Ying YL, Long YT. Direct Quantification of Damaged Nucleotides in Oligonucleotides Using an Aerolysin Single Molecule Interface. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:76-82. [PMID: 31989027 PMCID: PMC6978832 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
DNA lesions such as metholcytosine(mC), 8-OXO-guanine (OG), inosine (I), etc. could cause genetic diseases. Identification of the varieties of lesion bases are usually beyond the capability of conventional DNA sequencing which is mainly designed to discriminate four bases only. Therefore, lesion detection remains a challenge due to massive varieties and less distinguishable readouts for structural variations at the molecular level. Moreover, standard amplification and labeling hardly work in DNA lesion detection. Herein, we designed a single molecule interface from the mutant aerolysin (K238Q), whose sensing region shows high compatibility to capture and then directly convert a minor lesion into distinguishable electrochemical readouts. Compared with previous single molecule sensing interfaces, the temporal resolution of the K238Q aerolysin nanopore is enhanced by two orders, which has the best sensing performance in all reported aerolysin nanopores. In this work, the novel K238Q could discriminate directly at least three types of lesions (mC, OG, I) without labeling and quantify modification sites under the mixed heterocomposition conditions of the oligonucleotide. Such a nanopore electrochemistry approach could be further applied to diagnose genetic diseases at high sensitivity.
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- Jiajun Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, 210023, Nanjing, China
- School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, 210023, Nanjing, China
- School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, East China University of Science
and Technology, 200237, Shanghai, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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Yang D, Liu G, Li H, Liu A, Guo J, Shan Y, Wang Z, He J. The fabrication of a gold nanoelectrode–nanopore nanopipette for dopamine enrichment and multimode detection. Analyst 2020; 145:1047-1055. [DOI: 10.1039/c9an01990a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
It is important to further improve the electrophysiology and electrochemistry techniques of neurotransmitter detection.
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- Dan Yang
- Advanced Institute of Material Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- Advanced Institute of Material Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Life Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Life Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- Physics
- Florida International University
- Miami
- USA
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- School of Chemistry and Life Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- Advanced Institute of Material Science
- Changchun University of Technology
- Changchun
- China
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- Physics
- Florida International University
- Miami
- USA
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Wang J, Bafna JA, Bhamidimarri SP, Winterhalter M. Permeation von kleinen Molekülen durch Membrankanäle: Chemische Modifikation zur Quantifizierung des Transports über OmpF. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jiajun Wang
- Department of Life Sciences und Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Deutschland
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- Department of Life Sciences und Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Deutschland
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- Department of Life Sciences und Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Deutschland
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Wang J, Bafna JA, Bhamidimarri SP, Winterhalter M. Small‐Molecule Permeation across Membrane Channels: Chemical Modification to Quantify Transport across OmpF. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:4737-4741. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201814489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Jiajun Wang
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry Jacobs University Campus Ring 1 28759 Bremen Germany
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