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Definition of "nanopore" []

  • A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane (noun)

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Use "nanopore" in a sentence
  • "A young scientist named James Clarke was putting the finishing touches on an important paper describing this impressive base discrimination, but had just realized that the working title somehow omitted the word nanopore."
  • "Graphic showing a lipid bilayer membrane (blue) with an alpha-hemolysin nanopore."
  • "Charged molecules (such as single-stranded DNA) are forced one-at-a-time into the nanopore, which is only 1.5 nanometers (the diameter of a human hair is about 10,000 nanometers) at its smallest point, by an applied electric current."
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