Pleshakova TO, Ivanov YD, Valueva AA, Shumyantseva VV, Ilgisonis EV, Ponomarenko EA, Lisitsa AV, Chekhonin VP, Archakov AI. Analysis of Single Biomacromolecules and Viruses: Is It a Myth or Reality?
Int J Mol Sci 2023;
24:ijms24031877. [PMID:
36768195 PMCID:
PMC9915366 DOI:
10.3390/ijms24031877]
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Abstract
The beginning of the twenty-first century witnessed novel breakthrough research directions in the life sciences, such as genomics, transcriptomics, translatomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics. A newly developed single-molecule approach addresses the physical and chemical properties and the functional activity of single (individual) biomacromolecules and viral particles. Within the alternative approach, the combination of "single-molecule approaches" is opposed to "omics approaches". This new approach is fundamentally unique in terms of its research object (a single biomacromolecule). Most studies are currently performed using postgenomic technologies that allow the properties of several hundreds of millions or even billions of biomacromolecules to be analyzed. This paper discusses the relevance and theoretical, methodological, and practical issues related to the development potential of a single-molecule approach using methods based on molecular detectors.
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