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. 2011 Jun;12(6):495-9.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.83. Epub 2011 May 6.

Life's demons: information and order in biology. What subcellular machines gather and process the information necessary to sustain life?

Philippe M Binder  1 , Antoine Danchin
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Life's demons: information and order in biology. What subcellular machines gather and process the information necessary to sustain life?

Philippe M Binder et al. EMBO Rep. 2011 Jun.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A schematic of Maxwell's Demon operating within a cell. MxD molecule (with a trident), coded by DNA (helix) along with other proteins, distinguishes functional and damaged proteins. The latter are contained or discarded. MxD, Maxwell's Demon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Examples of biological Maxwell's Demons. (A) Protein aggregates are transported to Escherichia coli cell poles for easy disposal. (B) Septin rings prevent old cell products from entering young yeast buds.
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