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. 2010 Jan 21;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-7-3

Table 1.

Low Level Formatting Comparison

Computer Hard Drive DNA Hard Drive
Track The entire DNA strand as one large super track defined by the sugar ribose phosphate back bone. This super strand exhibits connectivity to the Nuclear Attachment Substrate (NAS) consisting of lamin networks.

Sector That length of track that encompasses the gene/genes, promoter/Basil Transcription Complex consensus sequences and other distal sites bounded by insulators attached to the nuclear lamin.

Servo wedge info Promoter regions.

Synchronization header Basil Transcription Complex consensus sequences enabling factors such as DPE/Inr's that sync RNA Pol II to the initiation start site.