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Universal and Simple Operations for Gene Assembly in Ciliates

In: Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet

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  • Andrzej Ehrenfeucht

    (University of Colorado, Department of Computer Science)

  • Ion Petre

    (University of Turku, Turku Centre for Computer Science and Department of Mathematics)

  • David M. Prescott

    (University of Colorado, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology)

  • Grzegorz Rozenberg

    (Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science)

Abstract

The way that ciliates transform genes from their micronuclear to their macronuclear form is very interesting (and unique), particularly from a computational point of view. In this paper, we describe the model of gene assembly in ciliates presented in [2], [4], and [3]. Moreover, we prove that the set of three operations underlying this model is universal, in the sense that it suffices for gene assembly from any micronuclear pattern. We also prove that the set of simple versions of these operations is not universal — this fact is interesting from the experimental point of view.

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  • Andrzej Ehrenfeucht & Ion Petre & David M. Prescott & Grzegorz Rozenberg, 2001. "Universal and Simple Operations for Gene Assembly in Ciliates," Springer Books, in: Carlos Martín-Vide & Victor Mitrana (ed.), Where Mathematics, Computer Science, Linguistics and Biology Meet, chapter 0, pages 329-342, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-015-9634-3_29
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9634-3_29
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