Nonequilibrium generation of information in copolymerization processes
Author(s) -
David Andrieux,
Pierre Gaspard
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0802049105
Subject(s) - non equilibrium thermodynamics , dissipation , statistical physics , template , replication (statistics) , biological system , copolymer , process (computing) , physics , chemical physics , computer science , materials science , nanotechnology , biology , thermodynamics , polymer , nuclear magnetic resonance , virology , operating system
We consider general fluctuating copolymerization processes, with or without underlying templates. The dissipation associated with these nonequilibrium processes turns out to be closely related to the information generated. This shows in particular how information acquisition results from the interplay between stored patterns and dynamical evolution in nonequilibrium environments. In addition, we apply these results to the process of DNA replication.
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