Accession Number:

ADA582334

Title:

Design Automation Software for DNA-Based Nano-Sensor Architecture

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 28 May-27 Nov 2011

Corporate Author:

FIREBIRD BIOMOLECUALR SCIENCES LLC GAINESVILLE FL

Personal Author(s):

• Benner, Steven A.

Report Date:

2012-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

This project was developed in response to an RFA seeking innovations to create DNA molecules that self-assemble to support nanomolecular design. While the solicitation emphasized software to solve the challenges arising from the intrinsic chemistry of DNA, which is built from just four nucleotides GACT, the premise of this project was that the design task could be rendered trivial if standard DNA were augmented extra nucleotides to give an artificially expanded genetic information system AEGIS.

Descriptors:

• *BIOMOLECULES
• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS
• *NUCLEOTIDES
• DETECTORS
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE