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Life's demons: information and order in biology
Author(s) -
Binder Philippe M,
Danchin Antoine
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2011.83
Subject(s) - maxwell's demon , order (exchange) , living systems , biology , demon , synthetic biology , process (computing) , data science , computer science , epistemology , computational biology , ecology , philosophy , physics , business , finance , thermodynamics , operating system
To make use of the full potential of synthetic biology to manipulate living systems, new concepts and hypotheses must be developed about the way in which cells process information; does a genuine Maxwell's Demon exist inside living organisms?