Thermodynamics of Error Correction

Information processing at the molecular scale is limited by thermal fluctuations. This can cause undesired consequences in copying information since thermal noise can lead to errors that can compromise the functionality of the copy. For example, a high error rate during DNA duplication can lead to c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pablo Sartori, Simone Pigolotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015-12-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.041039