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A cargo-sorting DNA robot

Overview of attention for article published in Science, September 2017
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Title
A cargo-sorting DNA robot
Published in
Science, September 2017
DOI 10.1126/science.aan6558
Pubmed ID
Authors

Anupama J Thubagere, Wei Li, Robert F Johnson, Zibo Chen, Shayan Doroudi, Yae Lim Lee, Gregory Izatt, Sarah Wittman, Niranjan Srinivas, Damien Woods, Erik Winfree, Lulu Qian

Abstract

Two critical challenges in the design and synthesis of molecular robots are modularity and algorithm simplicity. We demonstrate three modular building blocks for a DNA robot that performs cargo sorting at the molecular level. A simple algorithm encoding recognition between cargos and their destinations allows for a simple robot design: a single-stranded DNA with one leg and two foot domains for walking, and one arm and one hand domain for picking up and dropping off cargos. The robot explores a two-dimensional testing ground on the surface of DNA origami, picks up multiple cargos of two types that are initially at unordered locations, and delivers them to specified destinations until all molecules are sorted into two distinct piles. The robot is designed to perform a random walk without any energy supply. Exploiting this feature, a single robot can repeatedly sort multiple cargos. Localization on DNA origami allows for distinct cargo-sorting tasks to take place simultaneously in one test tube or for multiple robots to collectively perform the same task.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 463 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 109 24%
Researcher 63 14%
Student > Master 59 13%
Student > Bachelor 55 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 25 5%
Other 63 14%
Unknown 89 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 92 20%
Chemistry 77 17%
Engineering 48 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 10%
Physics and Astronomy 33 7%
Other 64 14%
Unknown 104 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 521. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 November 2023.
All research outputs
#48,625
of 25,515,042 outputs
Outputs from Science
#1,929
of 83,072 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#979
of 323,739 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#64
of 1,255 outputs
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