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Boolean calculations made easy (for ribozymes)

A new algorithm facilitates the design of ribozymes that encode logical operations.

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Figure 1: a, Schematic representation of an AND gate with the hammerhead ribozyme structural motif.

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Margolin, A., Stojanovic, M. Boolean calculations made easy (for ribozymes). Nat Biotechnol 23, 1374–1376 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1105-1374

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