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Uncertainty principle of genetic information in a living cell.
Theoretical biology & medical modelling - 30 Sept 2005
Strippoli Pierluigi, Canaider Silvia, Noferini Francesco, D'Addabbo Pietro, Vitale Lorenza, Facchin Federica, Lenzi Luca, Casadei Raffaella, Carinci Paolo, Zannotti Maria, Frabetti Flavia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Formal description of a cell's genetic information should provide the number of DNA molecules in that cell and their complete nucleotide sequences. We pose the formal problem: can the genome sequence forming the genotype of a given living cell be known with absolute certainty so that the cell's behaviour (phenotype) can be correlated to that genetic information? To answer this question, we propose a...
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