Dynamics of Self-replicating DNA-Tile Patterns

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Abstract

DNA tiles serve as molecular components for the self-assembly of programmable 2-dimensional patterns at the nanoscale. To produce identical copies of a pre-assembled DNA tile pattern, we use a theoretical framework of non enzymatic cross-coupled self-replication system based on tile self-assembly model. This paper presents a kinetic modelling of the pattern self-replication and analyses the influence of physicochemical parameters of tile self-assembly process over the reliability and replication gain. We demonstrate that the tile assembly errors, introduced in tile patterns during their assembly, set a limit over the size of a tile pattern that can be replicated exponentially and reliably.

Keywords

Self-replication DNA tile DNA self-assembly Tile pattern 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Computer and Information ScienceThe Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheimNorway

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