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Index<br />

ALGOL, 102<br />

AND, 23–24, 42, 87–88, 93, 99, 149<br />

accumulator, 30–31, 93, 97–99<br />

actin I, 152, 155<br />

active site, 8, 110<br />

addition, 29, 93, 98, 143–144<br />

adenine, 6, 131<br />

adjacency matrix, 34, 89<br />

agarose, 13, 114, 125, 131<br />

algorithm,<br />

alphabet, 26, 47, 55, 60, 66–67, 73, 83<br />

amino acid, 8<br />

annealing, 6, 11, 16, 86, 111, 119, 126,<br />

128, 131, 133, 134, 139<br />

architecture, 1-3, 23, 44, 64, 102, 140<br />

array, 33–34, 44, 64, 140, 144<br />

automation, 15, 120, 138, 140<br />

automata, see automaton<br />

automaton, 25–28, 44, 63, 145, 148<br />

backbone, 6, 129, 145<br />

bacteria, 4, 10, 15, 18–20, 125, 150<br />

bacteriophage, see phage<br />

basis, 77<br />

base, 6, 120, 128, 141, 143<br />

base pair, 6, 14, 151<br />

Batcher sorting network, see network,<br />

sorting<br />

Bennett, C., 109<br />

big-oh notation, 41<br />

binary, 23, 55, 62–63, 97–98, 142–144<br />

bioinformatics, 8, 147<br />

biology (as a discipline), 2–4, 147–148<br />

biotechnology, 4<br />

biotin, 12<br />

biotinylation, 111, 121–122, 129–131,<br />

135<br />

bit, 23, 49, 55, 89, 97–99, 140, 142–144<br />

blunt end, 16, 84, 86<br />

bonding, see annealing<br />

Boolean<br />

algebra 24–25, 44, 148<br />

circuit, see circuit, Boolean<br />

matrix 89<br />

value 49, 89, 97<br />

variable 55, 77, 82–83, 97<br />

bubble sort, 41, 43<br />

calcium, 18<br />

capsid, 18<br />

cardinality, 46, 110<br />

catalyst, 7–8<br />

cell (biological), 2, 17–19, 66, 150<br />

cellular automaton, 63<br />

central dogma of molecular biology, 7<br />

central processing unit (CPU), 1–2<br />

charge, 13, 68<br />

CHemical Abstract Machine (CHAM),<br />

see model, CHAM<br />

chess game, 136<br />

chromosome, 5, 153<br />

Church’s Thesis, 29<br />

circuit<br />

integrated, 1<br />

Boolean 24–25, 41–42, 71, 73, 77–83,<br />

86–91, 94–100, 102, 105–107, 145,<br />

150<br />

genetic 150

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