Comment Re:softICE, anyone? (Score 2, Informative) 67
> Everything DNA related, shares a common encoding scheme
Not so sure about that. The encoding of amino acids in genes is quite well defined (though there are exceptions, such as selenocysteine which is produced when a signal in the 3' UTR changes the meaning of a stop codon).
And protein coding sequences only make up about 1.5% of the genome for humans. Other things in DNA are much less clear, everything in biology is stochastic. Many functional elements are directly involved in protein-DNA interactions where structure is more important than specific sequence. And not everything DNA related is in the genetic code. Positions of histones, DNA methylation, and other signals might be important.
Not so sure about that. The encoding of amino acids in genes is quite well defined (though there are exceptions, such as selenocysteine which is produced when a signal in the 3' UTR changes the meaning of a stop codon).
And protein coding sequences only make up about 1.5% of the genome for humans. Other things in DNA are much less clear, everything in biology is stochastic. Many functional elements are directly involved in protein-DNA interactions where structure is more important than specific sequence. And not everything DNA related is in the genetic code. Positions of histones, DNA methylation, and other signals might be important.
