Alignment‐Based Approach for Durable Data Storage into Living Organisms
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology Progress
- Vol. 23 (2), 501-505
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bp060261y
Abstract
The practical realization of DNA data storage is a major scientific goal. Here we introduce a simple, flexible, and robust data storage and retrieval method based on sequence alignment of the genomic DNA of living organisms. Duplicated data encoded by different oligonucleotide sequences was inserted redundantly into multiple loci of the Bacillus subtilis genome. Multiple alignment of the bit data sequences decoded by B. subtilis genome sequences enabled the retrieval of stable and compact data without the need for template DNA, parity checks, or error-correcting algorithms. Combined with the computational simulation of data retrieval from mutated message DNA, a practical use of this alignment-based method is discussed.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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