El lenguaje de los genes

David B Searls1

  • 1Bioinformatics Division, Genetics Research, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, PA 19406, USA. david_b_searle@gsk.com

Nature
|November 15, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

La biología molecular utiliza metáforas lingüísticas, como el ADN como lenguaje. La aplicación de métodos de análisis del lenguaje a la bioinformática puede profundizar nuestra comprensión del complejo código genético de la vida.

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