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The biological microprocessor, or how to build a computer with biological parts
Systemics, a revolutionary paradigm shift in scientific thinking, with applications in systems biology, and synthetic biology, have led to the idea of using silicon computers and their engineering principles as a blueprint for the engineering of a similar machine made from biological parts. Here we...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology (RNCSB) Organization
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24688733 http://dx.doi.org/10.5936/csbj.201304003 |
Sumario: | Systemics, a revolutionary paradigm shift in scientific thinking, with applications in systems biology, and synthetic biology, have led to the idea of using silicon computers and their engineering principles as a blueprint for the engineering of a similar machine made from biological parts. Here we describe these building blocks and how they can be assembled to a general purpose computer system, a biological microprocessor. Such a system consists of biological parts building an input / output device, an arithmetic logic unit, a control unit, memory, and wires (busses) to interconnect these components. A biocomputer can be used to monitor and control a biological system. |
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