Math 297/Biol 497

Biomolecular Computing in Nature

Assignment 8

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Use the three intramolecular operations ld, hi and dlad, one at a time, to derive the pre-chromosome breakage macronuclear version of the Actin I gene of Stylonychia Lemnae from its micronuclear precursor. Carefully display for each step the resulting molecule, and the important features used to carry out that step.