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Hacker's view of DNA

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Dr GooglePerson was signed in when posted
05-19-2002
06:32 AM ET (US)
 Actually there seems to be some newer research that indicates that 'introns' may not be inactive but are actually active and give more variability to the production of proteins from genes.
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mrmPerson was signed in when posted
05-17-2002
05:04 PM ET (US)
 I enjoyed the article. I think the part about "comments" may be a little misleading, since the folding idea is not just to cram a long molecule into a tight space, but also because of the 3D shape of the molecule and the proteins it codes for.

There are some fully / partially sequenced plants out there that seem to have culled their dead code, or never included it in the first place.
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Zed LopezPerson was signed in when posted
05-17-2002
03:59 PM ET (US)
 Sterling had a character so engineered in _Distractions_. Another character comments: "And no introns! I didn't know a man could live without introns!"

Great article. I love geeks.
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zangdesignPerson was signed in when posted
05-17-2002
03:38 PM ET (US)
 So, I wonder what would happen if we started culling out dead code?
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Pete BevinPerson was signed in when posted
05-17-2002
01:04 PM ET (US)
 /* So how do /* nested comments */ work, I wonder? */
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