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The primary concern of this book is about how cells copy and maintain the information which is stored as base sequences in their DNA and how they use this information to specify the structure of proteins. It is generally accepted that these processes of information transfer are the most essential and basic functions any living organism has to perform.
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Galas, D.J., Kirkwood, T.B.L., Rosenberger, R.F. (1986). An introduction to the problem of accuracy. In: Kirkwood, T.B.L., Rosenberger, R.F., Galas, D.J. (eds) Accuracy in Molecular Processes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4097-0_1
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