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International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata

CIAA 2004: Implementation and Application of Automata pp 308–309Cite as

Simulating the Process of Gene Assembly in Ciliates

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Ciliates are protozoic organisms having two types of nuclei: micronuclei (that store the DNA) and macronuclei (that provide the RNA). Another feature that makes them distinct is the phenomenon of transformation of micronuclear genes into macronuclear genes during their sexual reproduction, called the Gene Assembly Process in Ciliates (GAPC). Parallel Communicating Finite Transducer Systems (PCFTS) are translating devices composed of several finite transducers that work in parallel in a synchronized manner. They communicate with each other by states and by the output tapes. In this paper we present a simulation of the molecular operations performed during GAPC with PCFTS.

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  1. Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona, Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1, 43005, Spain

    Liliana Cojocaru

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Michael Domaratzki

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, Finland

    Alexander Okhotin

  3. School of Computing, Queen’s University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Kai Salomaa

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7, London, Ontario, Canada

    Sheng Yu

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Cojocaru, L. (2005). Simulating the Process of Gene Assembly in Ciliates. In: Domaratzki, M., Okhotin, A., Salomaa, K., Yu, S. (eds) Implementation and Application of Automata. CIAA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3317. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30500-2_29

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