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In 2005, Berkeley attempted to build on Farren's work on ribostructures by using their specificity as a "lock and key" structure. From my knowledge it is a bit like a bio-RSA system (though they didn't specify this so I'm not positive I'm intrep. it correctly...). In general, they use conjugation in F and RP4 plasmid containing bacteria to move a "locked item" from one cell to another, which can then be unlocked by a "key" - this allows the transcription of a protein which causes backwards conjugation, whereupon the same process occurs backwards. Reporters (YFP, GFP, RFP) are used to determine success. | In 2005, Berkeley attempted to build on Farren's work on ribostructures by using their specificity as a "lock and key" structure. From my knowledge it is a bit like a bio-RSA system (though they didn't specify this so I'm not positive I'm intrep. it correctly...). In general, they use conjugation in F and RP4 plasmid containing bacteria to move a "locked item" from one cell to another, which can then be unlocked by a "key" - this allows the transcription of a protein which causes backwards conjugation, whereupon the same process occurs backwards. Reporters (YFP, GFP, RFP) are used to determine success. | ||
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In the RSA encryption system, each person has their own key which others can use to encrypt messages. For example, if there is a person A to send a message to | In the RSA encryption system, each person has their own key which others can use to encrypt messages. For example, if there is a person A to send a message to | ||
Revision as of 22:43, 12 June 2006
Berkeley 2005: Cryptography through conjugation
In 2005, Berkeley attempted to build on Farren's work on ribostructures by using their specificity as a "lock and key" structure. From my knowledge it is a bit like a bio-RSA system (though they didn't specify this so I'm not positive I'm intrep. it correctly...). In general, they use conjugation in F and RP4 plasmid containing bacteria to move a "locked item" from one cell to another, which can then be unlocked by a "key" - this allows the transcription of a protein which causes backwards conjugation, whereupon the same process occurs backwards. Reporters (YFP, GFP, RFP) are used to determine success.
- RSA
In the RSA encryption system, each person has their own key which others can use to encrypt messages. For example, if there is a person A to send a message to
