Two separate studies show how DNA tiles can be used in automated assembly processes: one system self-replicates, the second assembles the output of a molecular computation.
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van Anders, G., Glotzer, S. The world's smallest assembly line. Nature Chem 4, 79–80 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1251
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