DNA-Based AES with Silent Mutations

We present a new version of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), called DNAES, based on deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences with silent mutations. We present how to encode and decode data in a DNA sequence and how to perform the different steps of AES. The proposed cipher has the following features: (1) it can be applied to any type of data (e.g., text, videos, images); (2) it has the same security level as AES; (3) it can be implemented in a biological environment or on DNA computers; (4) because the ciphertext generated by DNAES does not actually change the amino acid sequence of the protein, side effects are avoided; and (5) besides encryption, the proposed cipher can be used to hide data in a DNA sequence.