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Science 17 October 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5900, pp. 387 - 388
DOI: 10.1126/science.1165665
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CELL BIOLOGY:
RNA Computing in a Living Cell

Ehud Shapiro1,2 and Binyamin Gil2

A system based on RNA can perform simple logical computations within a living cell, marking a step toward programming cell behavior.

1Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.

2Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. E-mail: ehud.shapiro{at}weizmann.ac.il

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