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SCIENCE
Volume 358, Issue 6369, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal2052
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- NSF [0728703, 0829805, 0832824, 1317694, 1117143, 1618895]
- Office of Naval Research award [N00014-16-1-2139]
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's Programmable Molecular Technology Initiative
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences Systems Biology Center [P50 GM081879]
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr
- Division of Computing and Communication Foundations [0829805, 1618895, 1117143] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr [0728703] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Chemistries exhibiting complex dynamics-from inorganic oscillators to gene regulatory networks-have been long known but either cannot be reprogrammed at will or rely on the sophisticated enzyme chemistry underlying the central dogma. Can simpler molecular mechanisms, designed from scratch, exhibit the same range of behaviors? Abstract chemical reaction networks have been proposed as a programming language for complex dynamics, along with their systematic implementation using short synthetic DNA molecules. We developed this technology for dynamical systems by identifying critical design principles and codifying them into a compiler automating the design process. Using this approach, we built an oscillator containing only DNA components, establishing that Watson-Crick base-pairing interactions alone suffice for complex chemical dynamics and that autonomous molecular systems can be designed via molecular programming languages.
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