Publication Name	World Journal of Biological Chemistry
Manuscript ID	10274
Country	Austria

Received	2014-03-23 13:31
Peer-Review Started	2014-03-23 18:10
To Make the First Decision	2014-04-15 15:14
Return for Revision	2014-04-16 11:10
Revised	2014-06-07 01:14
Second Decision	2014-07-18 13:52
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2014-07-18 14:04
Articles in Press	2014-07-18 14:04
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Category	Genetics & Heredity
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Life is more than a computer running DNA software
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	František Baluška and Guenther Witzany
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Guenther Witzany, PhD, Telos-Philosophische Praxis, Vogelsangstr. 18c, 5111 Buermoos, Austria. witzany@sbg.at
Key Words	DNA; Genome; Information; Life; Non-coding RNA; Synthetic biology; Virus
Core Tip	Craig Venter is elaborating a box attached to a computer that receives DNA sequences over the internet to synthesize DNA. As a leading expert in the field of synthetic biology, he is convinced that ‘life is a DNA software system’, and all living things are reducible to DNA sequences. In contrast to this, the authors propose that DNA sequences of genomes do not represent 1:1 depictions of unequivocal coding structures such as genes. In light of the variety of epigenetic markings, DNA can store a multitude of further meanings hidden under the superficial grammar of nucleic acid sequences.
Publish Date	2014-09-11 10:03
Citation	Baluška F, Witzany G. Life is more than a computer running DNA software. World J Biol Chem 2014; 5(3): 275-278
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8454/full/v5/i3/275.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.4331/wjbc.v5.i3.275

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