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Image Encoding Using Multiā€Level DNA Barcodes with Nanopore Readout

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Ermann, Niklas 
Chen, Kaikai 
Keyser, Ulrich F. 

Abstract

Abstract: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanostructureā€based data encoding is an emerging information storage mode, offering rewritable, editable, and secure data storage. Herein, a DNA nanostructureā€based storage method established on a solidā€state nanopore sensing platform to save and encrypt a 2D grayscale image is proposed. DNA multiā€way junctions of different sizes are attached to a double strand of DNA carriers, resulting in distinct levels of current blockades when passing through a glass nanopore with diameters around 14 nm. The resulting quaternary encoding doubles the capacity relative to a classical binary system. Through toeholdā€mediated strand displacement reactions, the DNA nanostructures can be precisely added to and removed from the DNA carrier. By encoding the image into 16 DNA carriers using the quaternary barcodes and reading them in one simultaneous measurement, the image is successfully saved, encrypted, and recovered. Avoiding any proteins or enzymatic reactions, the authors thus realize a pure DNA storage system on a nanopore platform with increased capacity and programmability.

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Research Article, Research Articles, DNA nanostructures, encryption, information storage, nanopores, strand displacement

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Small

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1613-6810
1613-6829

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ERC (647144)