Gene-Replicase-Translatase systems

We will build computer simulations of systems of linear polymers (genes) whose sequence information is translated by enzymes (translatases) to make themselves and the enzyme (replicase) needed for replication of the genes. Stable systems require Turing-type reaction-diffusion coupling, but the conditions resulting in self- organization resembling the origin of life are largely unexplored.

Assoc Prof Peter Wills
Email: p.wills@auckland.ac.nz