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Formal description of a DNA oriented computer language

Nucleic Acids ResearchPublished 1 January 1982Open access
John L. Schroeder, Frederick R. Blattner
Citations27
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SJR score7.78
SNIP4.71
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TL;DR

A formal description of the language in the BNF formalism is presented and an outgrowth of a DNA sequence editor which has been implemented for a microcomputer is presented.

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.

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Computer ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyEngineering