title: DNA as information.
abstract: This article reviews contributions to this theme issue covering the topic 'DNA as information' in relation to the structure of DNA, the measure of its information content, the role and meaning of information in biology and the origin of genetic coding as a transition from uninformed to meaningful computational processes in physical systems.
authors: Department of Physics, University of Auckland, PO Box 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA p.wills@auckland.ac.nz.
authors: Peter R
authors: PR
authors: Wills
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005815:Genetic Code; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
keywords: DNA; aperiodic crystal; genetic coding; information; meaning; nominable entities