title: The mathematical logic of life.
abstract: Protein synthesis can be likened to a particular coded information storage, transmission and execution system. Noise, error or mutations are the essential phenomena to which a living organism is subjected. Genetic coding aims at preserving the integrity of a structure under aggression from the surroundings. It can be shown that the different amino acids translated in the proteins, except the particular case of SER, obey a logical code for optimization of resistance to mutation effects. The study of the structure of this code allows a better comprehension of the logic of life.
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005815:Genetic Code; D008128:Logic; D008433:Mathematics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012269:Ribosomal Proteins