The gene and the genon concept: A functional and information-theoretic analysis

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-11

  Scherrer, Klaus ^a   Jost, Jürgen ^b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene; Gene expression; Genon; Information theory; Regulation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

CIS ISOMER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 33947230521     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100123     Document Type: Review

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