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DNA Movies and Panspermia
There are several ways that our species might try to send a message to another species separated from us by space and/or time. Synthetic biology might be used to write an epitaph to our species, or simply “Kilroy was here”, in the genome of a bacterium via the patterns of either (1) the codons to ex...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25382053 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life1010009 |
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author | Norris, Victor Grondin, Yohann |
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description | There are several ways that our species might try to send a message to another species separated from us by space and/or time. Synthetic biology might be used to write an epitaph to our species, or simply “Kilroy was here”, in the genome of a bacterium via the patterns of either (1) the codons to exploit Life's non-equilibrium character or (2) the bases themselves to exploit Life's quasi-equilibrium character. We suggest here how DNA movies might be designed using such patterns. We also suggest that a search for mechanisms to create and preserve such patterns might lead to a better understanding of modern cells. Finally, we argue that the cutting-edge microbiology and synthetic biology needed for the Kilroy project would put origin-of-life studies in the vanguard of research. |
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spelling | pubmed-41871242014-10-27 DNA Movies and Panspermia Norris, Victor Grondin, Yohann Life (Basel) Article There are several ways that our species might try to send a message to another species separated from us by space and/or time. Synthetic biology might be used to write an epitaph to our species, or simply “Kilroy was here”, in the genome of a bacterium via the patterns of either (1) the codons to exploit Life's non-equilibrium character or (2) the bases themselves to exploit Life's quasi-equilibrium character. We suggest here how DNA movies might be designed using such patterns. We also suggest that a search for mechanisms to create and preserve such patterns might lead to a better understanding of modern cells. Finally, we argue that the cutting-edge microbiology and synthetic biology needed for the Kilroy project would put origin-of-life studies in the vanguard of research. MDPI 2011-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4187124/ /pubmed/25382053 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life1010009 Text en © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Norris, Victor Grondin, Yohann DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title | DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title_full | DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title_fullStr | DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title_full_unstemmed | DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title_short | DNA Movies and Panspermia |
title_sort | dna movies and panspermia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25382053 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life1010009 |
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