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University of Washington

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The research team designed protein tails that fold into custom shapes to create sophisticated logical circuits. Box 1 shows a protein designed to be responsive to five different biomarkers; box 2 shows the logical conditions that must be met to fully break apart the tail and release the protein.

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DeForest et al./Nature Chemical Biology

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