Through the eye of the needle: recent advances in understanding biopolymer translocation
Authors:
- Gerard T BarkemaGBGerard T Barkema
- Anatoly B KolomeiskyAKAnatoly B Kolomeisky
- 11 September 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 25 (41) , 413101
Abstract
In recent years polymer translocation, i.e., transport of polymeric molecules through nanometer-sized pores and channels embedded in membranes, has witnessed strong advances. It is now possible to observe single-molecule polymer dynamics during the motion through channels with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. These striking experimental studies have stimulated many theoretical developments. In this short theory-experiment review, we discuss recent progress in this field with a strong focus on non-equilibrium aspects of polymer dynamics during the translocation process.Keywords
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