title: Photonic Boolean logic gates based on DNA aptamers.
abstract: We designed a pair of DNA-based logic gates that sense single-stranded DNAs and aptamer ligands to produce fluorescence outputs according to Boolean logic functions AND and OR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 451 E. Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokobayashi
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000737:chemistry; D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide / Q000737:chemistry*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D039301:Computers, Molecular; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000737:chemistry; D019793:Fluorescein / Q000737:chemistry; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013917:Thrombin / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D052157:Aptamers, Nucleotide; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; D013917:Thrombin; D000241:Adenosine; D019793:Fluorescein