| Cellular Gate Technology (2007) | |||||||||||
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| We propose a biochemically plausible mechanism for constructing digital logic signals and gates of significant complexity within living cells. These mechanisms rely largely on co-opting existing biochemical machinery and binding proteins found naturally within the cell, replacing difficult protein engineering problems with more straightforward engineering of novel combinations of gene control sequences and gene coding regions. The resulting logic technology, although slow, allows us to engineer the chemical behavior of cells for use as sensors and effectors. One promising use of such technology is the control of fabrication processes at the molecular scale.. Sponsored in part by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Presented at the International Conference on Unconventional Modes of Computation (1st) held in Auckland, New Zeeland on 5-9 Jan 1998. Published in Unconventional Modes of Computation by Springer-Verlag, p257-272, 1998. | |||||||||||
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