Storing genetic information in 4d

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Storing genetic information in 4d

Postby anderscolingustafson » Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:13 am

4d replicating molecules could come in several varieties. Some could exist in 3d but others could not. They could be in the form of strands, sheets, realms, or possibly even tetra-spaces.

The strands could have 3 types of symmetry, bilateral which is the same as our DNA, radial, or realmal. The radially symmetric strands could have any number of sides but they would probably have 3 because then all the strands would still be touching each other. They could be radially symmetric because the extra dimension would prevent the strands from getting in the way of the enzymes that separate them as they would in 3d. The realmaly symmetric strands could have either 4,6,8,12, or 20 sides as those are the numbers of sides of the Platonic solids, but again they would probably only have 4 sides as that's the simplest kind of symmetry they could have could have. They could be realmaly symmetric because the enzymes that separate them could be porous enough for the strand to move through them.

The sheets could have 2 types of symmetry, bilateral or radial. The radially symmetric sheets could have any number of sides but would probably have 3 because then each side could touch the other 2 at the same time. They could be radially symmetric because the enzymes that separate them could go through them.

Sheets would have genes in the form of some kind of 2d shape. The genes would probably be broken up into lines next to each other with the proteins analogs getting to the end of one line and moving on to the one beside it until they would reach the stop codon of the end line.

The realms could have 2 forms the kind in which the 2 realms would be beside each other, or the kind in which the 2 realms would be "inside" each other.

Realms would have genes in the form of some kind of 3d shape. The genes would probably have a start codon with a series of other codons to map out the 1st plane of the gene and then the protein analogs would move from plane to plane until they would reach the stop codon of the end line of the end plane. They could be come in the form of realms because the realms would not get in the way of the enzymes that separate them since the enzymes could just move through them.

The tetraspaces could only come in the form in which the 2 tetraspaces is inside each other.

Tetraspaces would have genes in the form of some kind of 4d shape. The genes would probably have a start codon with a series of other codons to map out the 1st realm of the gene and then the protein analogs would move from realm to realm until they would reach the stop codon of the end line of the end plane of the end realm. They could be in the form of tetraspaces because they would not be stuck together since they could separate by just moving through each other.
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