Review of application of coding theory in genetic sequence analysis

Author

Wang, X.H. ; Istepanian, R.S.H. ; Song, Y.H. ; May, E.E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Kingston Univ., Surrey, UK

fYear

2003

fDate

6-7 June 2003

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

9

Abstract

Applying coding theory in genetic sequence analysis is a new research area for the information theory in biology. It has the potential to help the biologist to understand the nature of the living organisms and find the solutions to DNA computations. After an introduction of the biology, we review the application of coding theory, especially error control theory, in sequence analysis. From the review, the drawbacks of the present applications have been identified and a possible solution to the problem has been given.

Keywords

biocomputing; cellular biophysics; genetics; information theory; living systems; microorganisms; molecular biophysics; proteins; DNA computation; biology; coding theory; error control theory; genetic sequence analysis; information theory; living organism; protein synthesis; Biological information theory; Biology computing; Codes; DNA computing; Error correction; Genetic communication; Information analysis; Information theory; Organisms; Sequences;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enterprise Networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, 2003. Healthcom 2003. Proceedings. 5th International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7960-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2003.1218711

Filename

1218711