Archaea by Stephen Taylor

As part of the celebration of the sesquicentennial of the University of Illinois, Stephen A. Taylor, composer at the University of Illinois' School of Music composed a new musical work, entitled Archaea, to be played on the Altgeld Chimes and the McFarland Carillon during the University of Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration. Below is an interactive graphic of the complete genetic sequence of M. Jannaschii that has Stephen Taylor's musical composition applied to it.

Zoom into the image by clicking the outer ticks marks of the graphic, which will play the music composed for that section. While zoomed in, you can move to the previous or next section using the ROTATE CW and ROTATE CCW buttons. Listen to the sounds that are applied to the color key to the right by hovering over each color box.

The genetic data and images are provided courtesy of the BacMap website and the University of Alberta.

BacMap

Genome Atlas

Genes encoding proteins

 

Forward strand

 

Reverse strand

Genes encoding functional RNA

 

Forward strand

 

Reverse strand

COG functional categories

Information storage and processing

 

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

 

Transcription

 

DNA replication, recombination and repair

Cellular processes

 

Cell division and chromosome partitioning

 

Postranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

 

Cell envelope biogenesis, outer membrane

 

Cell motility and secretion

 

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

 

Signal transduction mechanisms

Metabolism

 

Energy production and conversion

 

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

 

Amino acid transport and metabolism

 

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

 

Coenzyme metabolism

 

Lipid metabolism

 

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

Poorly Characterized

 

General function prediction only

 

Function unknown