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Ciliates are protozoic organisms having two types of nuclei: micronuclei (that store the DNA) and macronuclei (that provide the RNA). Another feature that makes them distinct is the phenomenon of transformation of micronuclear genes into macronuclear genes during their sexual reproduction, called the Gene Assembly Process in Ciliates (GAPC). Parallel Communicating Finite Transducer Systems (PCFTS) are translating devices composed of several finite transducers that work in parallel in a synchronized manner. They communicate with each other by states and by the output tapes. In this paper we present a simulation of the molecular operations performed during GAPC with PCFTS.
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Cojocaru, L. (2005). Simulating the Process of Gene Assembly in Ciliates. In: Domaratzki, M., Okhotin, A., Salomaa, K., Yu, S. (eds) Implementation and Application of Automata. CIAA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3317. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30500-2_29
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