Objective
"Most of the current, second generation, methods for DNA sequencing are based on alternating cycles of enzyme manipulation and imaging the incorporation of fluorescently labeled nucleotides. These methods, however, hold several disadvantages, mainly the long duration of each sequencing experiment and the requirement for fluorescently labeled nucleotides and primer sequences. Tremendous efforts have been taken in order to develop cheap and ultra-fast sequencing systems. Specifically, the sequencing of single DNA molecules is of great importance, as no pre-amplification step and no labeled nucleotides are required. I intend to use biological nanometer-scale pores (alpha-hemolysin) modified with a DNA manipulating enzyme, a helicase, embedded in a membrane that separates two compartments, each contains an Ag/AgCl electrode, for the sequencing of single DNA molecules. Based on previous results, I expect that the ionic current, associated with DNA translocation through the nanopore, will exhibit a specific pattern for each nucleobase, allowing sequence determination. I intend to construct two different systems, in the first system the helicase will be soluble in the cis compartment, whereas in the second configuration the helicase will be attached to the nanopore via double stranded DNA linkers. The helicase enzyme will unwind double stranded DNA, form a ratchet-like movement of the DNA strand through the pore and control the pace of DNA translocation, leading to efficient sequencing."
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics DNA
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics nucleotides
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins enzymes
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FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
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OX1 2JD Oxford
United Kingdom
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