Computation in Living Cells
Subtitle: Gene Assembly in Ciliates
By: by Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, Tero Harju, Ion Petre, David M. Prescott, Grzegorz Rozenberg
Contributors: Harju, Tero; Petre, Ion; Prescott, David M.; Rozenberg, Grzegorz
Series: Natural Computing Series; Natural Computing Series
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9783642074011; 9783662063712
Subjects: Computational complexity; Cytology; Computer science; Data processing; Biology; Artificial intelligence
Description: Natural Computing is concerned with computation that is taking place in Nature. The investigation of computations in living cells is one of the central and fastest growing areas of research in this field. Gene assembly in ciliates (unicellular organisms) is a splendid example of such computations, and it is fascinating from both the biological and the computational viewpoints. As a matter of fact, both biology and the science of computation have benefited from the interdisciplinary research on the computational nature of gene assembly - this work has helped to clarify important biological aspects of gene assembly, yielded novel insights into the nature of computation, and broadened our understanding of what computation is about. This monograph gives an accessible account of both the biology and the formal analysis of the gene assembly process. It can be used as a textbook for either graduate courses or seminars.
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