MOLECULAR COMPUTATION OF SOLUTIONS TO COMBINATORIAL PROBLEMS

被引:2873
作者
ADLEMAN, LM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SO CALIF,INST MOLEC & MED TECHNOL,LOS ANGELES,CA 90089
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10.1126/science.7973651
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The tools of molecular biology were used to solve an instance of the directed Hamiltonian path problem. A small graph was encoded in molecules of DNA, and the ''operations'' of the computation were performed with standard protocols and enzymes. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of carrying out computations at the molecular level.
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页码:1021 / 1024
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