title: Nonequilibrium generation of information in copolymerization processes.
abstract: We consider general fluctuating copolymerization processes, with or without underlying templates. The dissipation associated with these nonequilibrium processes turns out to be closely related to the information generated. This shows in particular how information acquisition results from the interplay between stored patterns and dynamical evolution in nonequilibrium environments. In addition, we apply these results to the process of DNA replication.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Code Postal 231, Campus Plaine, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. dandrieu@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andrieux
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gaspard
mesh_terms: D004261:DNA Replication; D019277:Entropy; D005815:Genetic Code; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D013816:Thermodynamics