Part 3: Crashing the System

             The third important aspect of Deinococcus Radiodurans is its ability to abruptly stop all cell functions in order to

repair damaged DNA and other parts of the cell. This ability is important because the way a cell dies from broken DNA is

that it "malfunctions", messages and information being sent are destroyed or altered so that the cell cannot function

correctly and it dies.  When Deinococcus Radiodurans stops all functions, it is saving itself from dying by not allowing

any information to be altered.  Also, the RetA proteins cannot go through the delicate procedure of splicing DNA back

together if there is a lot of activity going on throughout the cell. This is one of the largest ways that Deinococcus

Radiodurans has evolved over the centuries.

 Shown above: A Denococcus Radiodurans in full glory. We're not sure

exactly what it's doing, but that's besides the point...