Apparently piggybacking on top of human DNA is another set of blueprints that “specifies all the proteins that a cell makes.”
Obscured by the subtle intricacies along the ever-twisting strands of genetic matter, scientists hope that these plans will unveil how and why specific genes are turned on and off.
Be sure to also check out the Folding@Home project, which simulates the complex processes of protein folding. See also Wired magazine’s article, People are Human-Bacteria Hybrid