title: Deciphering the language of the genome.
abstract: The non-coding DNA in eukaryotic genomes encodes a language which programs organismal growth and development. We show that a linguistic and cryptographic approach can be used to deduce the syntax of this programming language for gene regulation and to compile a dictionary of enhancers which form its words.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402, USA. Bodnar@NADN.navy.mil
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bodnar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Killian
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramchandani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005815:Genetic Code; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA