Extended (competitive) version of BioRS, implementing alternative aptamer structures and interference.
(A-F) Evolutionary search scheme for the competitive BioRS. (A) An initial arbitrary sequence of a given length with zero fitness. (B-C) The first functional domain (aptamer) is identified by an evolutionary search. It may have one of two alternative structures: cloverleaf or rod (see Fig 4A ). (D) If the cloverleaf structure is found in a certain position, this makes it impossible to find the second functional domain due to steric interactions of two neighboring domains. (E-F) In the case of a rod structure of the already found domain, it is possible to find the second functional domain in on... Mehr ...
(A-F) Evolutionary search scheme for the competitive BioRS. (A) An initial arbitrary sequence of a given length with zero fitness. (B-C) The first functional domain (aptamer) is identified by an evolutionary search. It may have one of two alternative structures: cloverleaf or rod (see Fig 4A ). (D) If the cloverleaf structure is found in a certain position, this makes it impossible to find the second functional domain due to steric interactions of two neighboring domains. (E-F) In the case of a rod structure of the already found domain, it is possible to find the second functional domain in one of two alternative structures. This is only case (E) which can evolve further. (G) Schematic of the competitive BioRS illustrating its multimodality (bimodality within each epoch). See text for details.