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Enforcing logical delays in DNA computing systems

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DNA computing has the potential to create powerful devices, but, in the context of well-mixed systems, sequentiality of operations is hard to achieve. To enforce such sequentiality, we propose a generic delay gate that can be interfaced with virtually any DNA system. Since it is system-independent, our delay gate can be used as an off-the-shelf library to accelerate the design of increasingly complex systems. Additionally, we checked the feasibility of our design by testing various in vitro implementations. We also present a theoretical proof of concept of its applicability by using it to complement an existing DNA module library, the DNA toolbox, to design new systems.

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  1. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Nathanaël Aubert & Masami Hagiya

  2. LIMMS/CNRS-IIS, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Yannick Rondelez & Teruo Fujii

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Aubert, N., Rondelez, Y., Fujii, T. et al. Enforcing logical delays in DNA computing systems. Nat Comput 13, 559–572 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-014-9450-9

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