A cargo-sorting DNA robot

AJ Thubagere, W Li, RF Johnson, Z Chen, S Doroudi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Since the 1980s, the design and synthesis of molecular machines has
been identified as a grand challenge for molecular engineering. Robots are an important …

Fractal assembly of micrometre-scale DNA origami arrays with arbitrary patterns

G Tikhomirov, P Petersen, L Qian - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Self-assembled DNA nanostructures enable nanometre-precise patterning that can be used
to create programmable molecular machines,,,, and arrays of functional materials,,. DNA …

Pattern generation with nucleic acid chemical reaction networks

SS Wang, AD Ellington - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological and biochemical systems are manifestations of chemical reaction networks
(CRNs). The ability to design and engineer such networks may allow the construction of …

A localized DNA finite-state machine with temporal resolution

L Liu, F Hong, H Liu, X Zhou, S Jiang, P Šulc… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The identity and timing of environmental stimulus play a pivotal role in living organisms in
programming their signaling networks and develo** specific phenotypes. The ability to …

Compiler-aided systematic construction of large-scale DNA strand displacement circuits using unpurified components

AJ Thubagere, C Thachuk, J Berleant… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Biochemical circuits made of rationally designed DNA molecules are proofs of concept for
embedding control within complex molecular environments. They hold promise for …

DNA strand-displacement timer circuits

J Fern, D Scalise, A Cangialosi, D Howie… - ACS synthetic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Chemical circuits can coordinate elaborate sequences of events in cells and tissues, from
the self-assembly of biological complexes to the sequence of embryonic development …

Programming and simulating chemical reaction networks on a surface

S Clamons, L Qian, E Winfree - Journal of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Models of well-mixed chemical reaction networks (CRNs) have provided a solid foundation
for the study of programmable molecular systems, but the importance of spatial organization …

Computing with chemical reaction networks: a tutorial

R Brijder - Natural Computing, 2019 - Springer
Chemical reaction networks (CRNs) model the behavior of chemical reactions in well-mixed
solutions and they can be designed to perform computations. In this tutorial we give an …

Mathematical modeling and cellular automata simulation of infectious disease dynamics: Applications to the understanding of herd immunity

S Mondal, S Mukherjee, B Bagchi - The Journal of chemical physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The complexity associated with an epidemic defies any quantitatively reliable predictive
theoretical scheme. Here, we pursue a generalized mathematical model and cellular …

Digital nanoreactors to control absolute stoichiometry and spatiotemporal behavior of DNA receptors within lipid bilayers

V Maingi, Z Zhang, C Thachuk, N Sarraf… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Interactions between membrane proteins are essential for cell survival but are often poorly
understood. Even the biologically functional ratio of components within a multi-subunit …