Chapter 7Engineering DNA and Nucleobases for Present and Future Device Applications

Eliot F. Gomez and Andrew J. Steckl

University of Cincinnati, Nanoelectronics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Cincinnati, OH, 45221-0030, USA

7.1 The Versatile World of Nucleic Acids

7.1.1 Introduction

Deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) is a marvelous molecule to behold in its biological world. Transcription, translation, and replication are self-perpetuated processes for genetic expression, which all depend upon the intricate structure, organization, and special affinities of the nucleobases in the long DNA double helix [1]. Beyond biological intent, these same self-assembling mechanisms have inspired seeds of research ...

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