Multiple choice

Zero-mode waveguides illuminates the process of translation. It is used by _______________ type of DNA sequencing.

  1. shotgun sequencing

  2. single cell sequencing

  3. single molecule fluorescent sequencing

  4. single molecule real time sequencing

  5. magnetic sequencing
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Explanation

Single molecule real time sequencing  is a parallelized single molecule DNA sequencing by synthesis technology. It utilizes the zero-mode waveguide (ZMW). A single DNA polymerase enzyme is affixed at the bottom of a ZMW with a single molecule of DNA as a template.

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