Two-Domain DNA Strand Displacement

Luca Cardelli
2010 Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science  
We investigate the computing power of a restricted class of DNA strand displacement structures: those that are made of double strands with nicks (interruptions) in the top strand. To preserve this structural invariant, we impose restrictions on the single strands they interact with: we consider only two-domain single strands consisting of one toehold domain and one recognition domain. We study fork and join signal-processing gates based on these structures, and we show that these systems are
more » ... nable to formalization and to mechanical verification.
doi:10.4204/eptcs.26.5 fatcat:ynuhgurjjraw5bqkn3bo7mhsdm