Life | |
DNA Movies and Panspermia | |
Victor Norris1  | |
[1] EA 3829, Department of Biology, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France | |
关键词: origins of life; translation; hyperstructure; Pioneer; cholesteric phase; | |
DOI : 10.3390/life1010009 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
There are several ways that our species might try to send a message to another species separated from us by space and/or time. Synthetic biology might be used to write an epitaph to our species, or simply “Kilroy was here”, in the genome of a bacterium via the patterns of either (1) the codons to exploit Life's non-equilibrium character or (2) the bases themselves to exploit Life's quasi-equilibrium character. We suggest here how DNA movies might be designed using such patterns. We also suggest that a search for mechanisms to create and preserve such patterns might lead to a better understanding of modern cells. Finally, we argue that the cutting-edge microbiology and synthetic biology needed for the Kilroy project would put origin-of-life studies in the vanguard of research.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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