A Minimal Normal Form for DNA Expressions

  • Authors:
  • Rudy van Vliet;Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom

  • Affiliations:
  • Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands. rvvliet@liacs.nl;Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands. rvvliet@liacs.nl

  • Venue:
  • Fundamenta Informaticae
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

DNA expressions constitute a formal notation for DNA molecules that may contain nicks and gaps. Different DNA expressions may denote the same DNA molecule. We define a minimal normal form for the language of DNA expressions, and describe an algorithm to rewrite a given DNA expression into the normal form.