title: Formal description of a DNA oriented computer language.
abstract: A computer language termed DNA has been devised to aid in the description of DNA sequence manipulations. This was an outgrowth of a DNA sequence editor which has been implemented for a microcomputer. A formal description of the language in the BNF formalism is presented.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003201:Computers; D004247:DNA; D005796:Genes; D008722:Methods; D008838:Microcomputers; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA