A Prelude in Protein

May 9, 2007

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have transposed amino acids–the building blocks of proteins–into music. Studying various strings of amino acids, they have discovered short fugues, canons, and musical themes within patterns of proteins involved in a variety of molecular functions. They hope that the technique will eventually help vision-impaired people participate in the field of molecular biology. (Technology Review)