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> detect and repair damage to DNA finds the damage by looking for places along the DNA where there are unexpected changes in electrical conductivity such as due
by xevb3k 8y ago
> detect and repair damage to DNA finds the damage by looking for places along the DNA where there are unexpected changes in electrical conductivity such as due to broken bonds.
Could you link to the research because this makes very little sense to me. DNA doesn’t conduct electricity in any meaningful way (base resistance >= Teraohms).
Maybe charge distribution or something?
- tzs 8y agoI was using "electrical conductivity" where much of the research actually says "charge transport". An example [1]. [1] https://www.its.caltech.edu/~jkbgrp/Research.htm https://www.its.caltech.edu/~jkbgrp/Research.htm