Illustration of the nanopore system (IMAGE)

University of Groningen

Illustration of the nanopore system

Caption

Illustration of the nanopore system in a membrane, with the nanopore in brown, the thiamine-binding protein in green and bound thiamine in yellow. Outside, thiamine molecules are drawn in red. The charge over the nanopore detects if a thiamine molecule is bound or not.

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Florian Lucas / University of Groningen

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