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Sat 21 Aug, 2010 08:04 pm
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The team had to solve two major problems. One was to create a short and narrow opening just large enough to allow a single strand of DNA to pass through the nanopore and for only a single DNA molecule to be in the opening at any time. Michael Niederweis at the University of Alabama at Birmingham modified the M. smegmatis bacterium to produce a suitable
pore.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816155002.htm
Yes, that is what it means.
Pore? That's an opening. If something can come out, ha, something can also go in. Those awesome "chill bumps". Amazing!
William
A pore is a small opening or hole which will allow the passage of a liquid or gas. If something has pores it is said to be porous. When you are outdoors and rain is falling, it is not a good idea to wear clothing which is porous to water. Conversely, in hot weather it is good to wear clothes that are porous to air.
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