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Is it possible to make RNAs that are long enough to make error-correcting enzymes?
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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You have the basic concept of feedback control, error-correction, and all that fantastic error-correcting machinery of the cell, but you haven't fit it into a system.
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I'm sure the most commonly expressed theory about ageing and death is that "errors" accumulate because error-correcting mechanisms are themselves subject to uncontrollable errors.
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In particular I think that the genetic code is an information-preserving scheme (technically, "an error-correcting code").
Beckwith on ID 2008
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Maybe a discussion about longevity should begin with genetic error-correcting mechanisms.
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That's a critical part of the error-correcting repertoire, Bradford.
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Bright ideas must eventually garner the support of a skeptical (and often tenured) faculty that serves as an effective error-correcting mechanism.
Leadership steps to ensure a bold new future for higher ed 2010
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The very idea of an "error-correcting" code runs deep.
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That's a critical part of the error-correcting repertoire, Bradford.
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The very idea of an "error-correcting" code runs deep.
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