Département de Physique ENS
Page personnelle de Jacques Ninio
Main publications, arranged by topic
Complete publication list, arranged by topic
Contributions to RNA structure
( molecular model for transfer RNA / small-angle X-ray scattering work
/ base-pairing statistics)
Contributions to codon-anticodon
recognition
( The missing triplet hypothesis / The evolution of the genetic code /
codon usage )
Contributions to the kinetic theory
of accuracy
( kinetic modulation/ next nucleotide effect / kinetic proofreading /
kinetic amplification /
kinetic tuning/ diffusional proofreading)
Contributions to mutation strategies
and molecular evolution
( transient mutators/ the connectedness of errors /
multiple mutations
in higher organisms /
why must all DNA repair be error-prone /
Molecular approaches to evolution)
Contributions to DNA and RNA polymerase
kinetics
(NTPase cleavage reactions / Next nucleotide effect, polymerization and
excision kinetics / Menemonic effects, exonuclease warm-up)
Contributions to bioinformatics
( Algorithmic work / RNA Secondary structures / Fast comparison of
sequences /
graphical representations of sequences/ EMBO Bioinformatics meeting /
Validation work )
Contributions to mathematical biology
( General comments/ probabilistic tools in enzyme kinetics/ RNA topolgy
/
A link between vision and molecular biology/ on models in times of
consensus )
Contributions to the origins of life
( Origin of the genetic code/ Evolution of transfer RNA 3d structure/
Prebiotic replication/
Catalysis by peptides / RNA catalysis / Criticism of Eigen's work /
Criticism of chemical predestination )
Contributions to the mechanism of human memory
(Architectures for a replicative memory/ Experiments on short term
visual memory/
Experiments on working memory/ Visual memory experiments with random
testing orders/
Reaction time distributions/)
Contributions to stereoscopic vision
(The correspondence problem/ random curve, random-line stereograms /
Orientational disparity /
In-depth texture segregation / Stereoscopic dissection of continuous
lines / Optimal textures /
Zöllner illusion in stereo / Illusory disparities / 3d curvature
with
monocular stimuli /
Autostereograms (sirds) / Paradoxical anglyphs / Comments on Gabor
patches)
Contributions to motion and contrast illusions
(Extinction effects/ Flashing lines/ Orientation-dependent contrast/
Ouchi variants/ Hulla-hoop illusion/ Gliding circles/ Colour-emitting
wheel)
Contributions to geometric
visual illusions
and shape perception
(Overview/Theoretical contributions/Experimental contributions/
Shape perception)
MISCELLANEOUS
Science et société /science and society
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