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In the three billion base pairs of your root species' genome, there is a single gene that codes for a protein called p53. The name is a mistake. The protein weighs only as much as 47,000 protons, not 53,000. If you were a cell, you would think p53 was a mistake too. It has several coercive functions: To delay the cell's growth. To sterilize the cell when it is old. And to force the cell into self-destruction if it becomes too independent. | In the three billion base pairs of your root species' genome, there is a single gene that codes for a protein called p53. The name is a mistake. The protein weighs only as much as 47,000 protons, not 53,000. If you were a cell, you would think p53 was a mistake too. It has several coercive functions: To delay the cell's growth. To sterilize the cell when it is old. And to force the cell into self-destruction if it becomes too independent. | ||
:'' | :''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P53 p53] is indeed a real tumor-suppressor protein found in the human body.'' | ||
Would you tolerate a bomb in your body, waiting to detonate if you deviated from the needs of society? | Would you tolerate a bomb in your body, waiting to detonate if you deviated from the needs of society? | ||