Genome complexity: making immune proteins (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, December 29, 2014, 17:24 (3618 days ago) @ David Turell


> "The immune system relies on the formation of specialized proteins (antibodies) that can recognize and immobilize foreign invaders like viruses and bacteria. Since storing individual blueprints for each of these proteins would require huge amounts of DNA, the body instead mixes and matches different chunks of sequence to produce roughly 300 trillion possibilities. This mixing and matching, called recombination, requires that DNA be clipped by the enzyme RAG.
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>David: Note to dhw: this is how immune cells are sentient and react, by precise molecular action. All evolved by what random process?!-Also note that they are doing precisely what I said they would do if God created the DNA "Program" as a set of functions and routines, mixing and maxing these functions and routines, like common building blocks for specific purposes.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.