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Oxford Nanopore's Riposte to Illumina Trade Action (omicsomics.blogspot.com)
2 points by dbcooper on March 10, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


BTW, Oxford Nanopore disclosed their new pore, which is derived from E. Coli:

http://omicsomics.blogspot.co.nz/2016/03/oxfords-no-thanks-i...

>R9 pore: it is E.coli CsgG, a component in the protein secretion system which generates curli. A nonameric protein with 36 beta sheets, it is quite different in architecture to the MspA pore over which Illumina claiming ownership.




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