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... It is estimated that by the turn of the century there will be terabytes of such biosequence information, including DNA sequences of entire human chromosomes. Databases of these sequences will contain a wealth of information about the nature of life at the molecular level if we can decipher their meaning.
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... For proteins, there are 20 types of monomers, the amino acids. With just a few exceptions, the sequence of monomers, that is, the primary structure, of a given protein or DNA strand!
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