Uncertainty principle of genetic information in a living cell

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Strippoli, Pierluigi ^a   Canaider, Silvia ^a   Noferini, Francesco ^a,b   D'Addabbo, Pietro ^a,c   Vitale, Lorenza ^a   Facchin, Federica ^a   Lenzi, Luca ^a   Casadei, Raffaella ^a   Carinci, Paolo ^a   Zannotti, Maria ^a   Frabetti, Flavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CELL FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DNA; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 26844525855     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-40     Document Type: Review

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