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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
DNA: The Molecule of Life
Published in: Theoretical and Experimental DNA Computation
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We described here the basic structure of DNA and the methods by which it may be manipulated in the laboratory. These techniques owe their origin to, and are being constantly improved by, the wide interests of molecular biologists working in modern areas such as the Human Genome project and genetic engineering. In Chap. 5 we show how these techniques allow us to implement a computation. Although other molecules (such as proteins) may be used as a computational substrate in the future, the benefit of using DNA is that this wide range of manipulation techniques is already available for use.