The structural and functional properties of nucleic acids may form the basis for carrying out elementary and complex computational operations with biological molecules. A recent meeting on computing with DNA explored the potential of this approach.
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Rubin, H. Looking for the DNA killer app. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 656–658 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0896-656
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