Molecular Computing Elements: Gates And Flip-Flops
Description of Invention:
The present invention is a method and apparatus for molecular computing which provides for molecular logic devices analogous to those of electronic computers, such as flip-flops, AND gates, etc. Coupling of the gates allows for molecular computing. The method allows data storage, the transformation of binary information and signal readout. Possible applications include encoding "read only" memory for microscopic identifiers, digital control of gene expression, and quantification of analytes. The computing elements also provide means for complex regulation of gene expression.
Inventors:
TD Schneider PN Hengen (NCI)
Patent Status:
DHHS Reference No. E-170-97/0 filed 20 Feb 1998
PCT/US99/03469 filed 17 Feb 1999
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