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The Construction of Minimal DNA Expressions

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We describe a formal language/notation for DNA molecules that may contain nicks and gaps. The elements of the language, DNA expressions, denote formal DNA molecules. Different DNA expressions may denote the same formal DNA molecule. We analyse the shortest DNA expressions denoting a given formal DNA molecule. We determine lower bounds on their lengths and explain how we construct these minimal DNA expressions.

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  1. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, CA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Rudy Van Vliet, Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom & Grzegorz Rozenberg

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

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Van Vliet, R., Hoogeboom, H.J. & Rozenberg, G. The Construction of Minimal DNA Expressions. Nat Comput 5, 127–149 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-005-4464-y

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