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Endowing cells with logic and memory

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Genetic circuits that process and permanently store information are created with recombinases that flip the orientation of DNA cassettes.

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Figure 1: An integrated logic and memory device.

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Maranhao, A., Ellington, A. Endowing cells with logic and memory. Nat Biotechnol 31, 413–415 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2573

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