Molecular Computing and Bioinformatics

Molecular computing and bioinformatics are two important interdisciplinary sciences that study molecules and computers. Molecular computing is a branch of computing that uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of traditional silicon-based computer technologies. Research and d...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 24; no. 13; p. 2358
Main Authors: Liang, Xin, Zhu, Wen, Lv, Zhibin, Zou, Quan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.06.2019
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Subjects:
Accuracy
Algorithms
Big Data
Binding sites
bio-inspired
Bioinformatics
Biology
Computational Biology - methods
Computers, Molecular
DNA
drug
Drug Development
Drug Discovery
Enzymes
Genes
Genomes
Humans
Machine learning
MicroRNAs
molecular computing
protein
Proteins
R&D
Research & development
Research methodology
RNA
Signal transduction
Software
RNA
DNA
bioinformatics
protein
molecular computing
machine learning
bio-inspired
drug
ISSN:1420-3049, 1420-3049
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Summary:Molecular computing and bioinformatics are two important interdisciplinary sciences that study molecules and computers. Molecular computing is a branch of computing that uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of traditional silicon-based computer technologies. Research and development in this area concerns theory, experiments, and applications of molecular computing. The core advantage of molecular computing is its potential to pack vastly more circuitry onto a microchip than silicon will ever be capable of—and to do it cheaply. Molecules are only a few nanometers in size, making it possible to manufacture chips that contain billions—even trillions—of switches and components. To develop molecular computers, computer scientists must draw on expertise in subjects not usually associated with their field, including organic chemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering, and smart materials. Bioinformatics works on the contrary; bioinformatics researchers develop novel algorithms or software tools for computing or predicting the molecular structure or function. Molecular computing and bioinformatics pay attention to the same object, and have close relationships, but work toward different orientations.
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ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules24132358