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Recent Progress in Fluorescence Signal Design for DNA‐Based Logic Circuits
Author(s) -
Yang Shu,
Yang Chunrong,
Huang Dan,
Song Lingbo,
Chen Jianchi,
Yang Qianfan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201804420
Subject(s) - dna computing , computer science , logic gate , electronic circuit , signal (programming language) , sequential logic , dna , electronic engineering , engineering , algorithm , biology , electrical engineering , programming language , genetics , computation
DNA‐based logic circuits, encoding algorithms in DNA and processing information, are pushing the frontiers of molecular computers forward, owing to DNA′s advantages of stability, accessibility, manipulability, and especially inherent biological significance and potential medical application. In recent years, numerous logic functions, from arithmetic to nonarithmetic, have been realized based on DNA. However, DNA can barely provide a detectable signal by itself, so that the DNA‐based circuits depend on extrinsic signal actuators. The signal strategy of carrying out a response is becoming one of the design focuses in DNA‐based logic circuit construction. Although work on sequence and structure design for DNA‐based circuits has been well reviewed, the strategy on signal production lacks comprehensive summary. In this review, we focused on the latest designs of fluorescent output for DNA‐based logic circuits. Several basic strategies are summarized and a few designs for developing multi‐output systems are provided. Finally, some current difficulties and possible opportunities were also discussed.