Sentences with phrase «patch up mutations»

While DNA in the nucleus has an extensive system of proofreading and repairing enzymes, mitochondria depend mostly on a single protein to patch up mutations.

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Wannacry's initial flare - up may have been tamped down with the «kill switch» and subsequent patches addressing the exploit, but clearly it was not eliminated altogether — though this may very well be a mutation or modified version of the original software.