Divide and control: split design of multi-input DNA logic gates.
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SUBMITTER: Gerasimova YV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4494086 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
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Divide and control: split design of multi-input DNA logic gates.
Gerasimova Yulia V YV Kolpashchikov Dmitry M DM
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20141127 5
Logic gates made of DNA have received significant attention as biocompatible building blocks for molecular circuits. The majority of DNA logic gates, however, are controlled by the minimum number of inputs: one, two or three. Here we report a strategy to design a multi-input logic gate by splitting a DNA construct. ...[more]
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