Quantum mechanical model for information transfer from DNA to protein

BioSystems

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Karafyllidis, Ioannis G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

DNA; Genetic code; Protein; Quantum computation; Quantum information

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; DNA; MODELING; PROTEIN; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC CODE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 48049116892     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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