A comparative approach for the investigation of biological information processing: An examination of the structure and function of computer hard drives and DNA

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Donofrio, David J ^a,b   An, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTERS; DNA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 77649222141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-7-3     Document Type: Review

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