Molecular Computing and Bioinformatics

Molecules

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Zhibin Lv¹  Quan Zou¹  Xin Liang²  Wen Zhu² 

[1] Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China;

[2] School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 570100, China;

关键词: molecular computing;    bioinformatics;    machine learning;    protein;    DNA;    RNA;    drug;    bio-inspired;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules24132358

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Molecular computing and bioinformatics are two important interdisciplinary sciences that study molecules and computers. Molecular computing is a branch of computing that uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of traditional silicon-based computer technologies. Research and development in this area concerns theory, experiments, and applications of molecular computing. The core advantage of molecular computing is its potential to pack vastly more circuitry onto a microchip than silicon will ever be capable of—and to do it cheaply. Molecules are only a few nanometers in size, making it possible to manufacture chips that contain billions—even trillions—of switches and components. To develop molecular computers, computer scientists must draw on expertise in subjects not usually associated with their field, including organic chemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering, and smart materials. Bioinformatics works on the contrary; bioinformatics researchers develop novel algorithms or software tools for computing or predicting the molecular structure or function. Molecular computing and bioinformatics pay attention to the same object, and have close relationships, but work toward different orientations.

【 授权许可】

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