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From: jda@brunix (Jeff Achter)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Creating life
Keywords: Life
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Date: 3 Nov 89 17:14:01 GMT
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Yes, I know.  We *are* making progress.  The promoter sites are
certainly a step in the right direction.  However, to the best of my
(admittedly limited) knowledge, given an arbitrary sequence of DNA, we
cannot reliably predict which parts will be transcribed.
Additionally, there is the related problem of transcription
regulation--what governs when new proteins are manufactured, and in
what quantities, etc.


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