Computational approaches to discovering semantics in molecular biology

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Proceedings of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/5.30755· OSTI ID:5392972

Lipton, R J ^[1]; Marr, T G ^[2]; Welsh, J D ^[3]

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1. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA). Theoretical Div.
3. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Dept. of Biology

One of the central questions of molecular biology is the discovery of the semantics of DNA. This discovery relies in a critical way on a variety of expensive computations. In order to solve these computations, both parallel computers and special-purpose hardware play a major role.

• OSTI ID: 5392972
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 77:7; ISSN 0018-9219
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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