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Abstract:
The milli-biology project was inspired by the existence proof for programmable matter, molecular biology. Macroscopic organisms are full of microscopic machinery, assembled from nanostructures. The heart of how this happens is protein folding in the ribosome, where a one-dimensional mRNA codes for the assembly of a three-dimensional functional protein by linking amino acids. Milli-biology sought to re-implement this natural workflow with engineered materials, in order to expand the range of length scales and properties beyond what is available in organic chemistry.
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Final rept. 27 Jun 2008-30 Oct 2011 |
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48 |
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30 Oct 2011 |
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W911NF-08-1-0254 |
| Report Number: |
A218855 |
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