Bodnar J W, Killian J, Nagle M, Ramchandani S
Chemistry Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402, USA.
J Theor Biol. 1997 Nov 21;189(2):183-93. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.1997.0507.
The non-coding DNA in eukaryotic genomes encodes a language which programs organismal growth and development. We show that a linguistic and cryptographic approach can be used to deduce the syntax of this programming language for gene regulation and to compile a dictionary of enhancers which form its words.