The cell as the smallest DNA-based molecular computer

BioSystems

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 123-133

  Ji, Sungchul ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell language; Cell model; Conformons; Cytosemiotics; Microsemiotics; Molecular computer; Molecular semiotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL ACTIVITY; DNA DETERMINATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; THEORY;

EID: 0032731223     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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