New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
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Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#2The actual article is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-018-0046-3
Supplementary material here:
https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs415...
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#3Maybe imotif acts similarly to proteins.
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#4Maybe imotif acts similarly to proteins.
Proteins vary wildly in structure, size and chemistry, these things seem to be rather similar so far chemically "boring".
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#5Maybe imotif acts similarly to proteins.
Maybe proteins exist with binding pockets that recognize both the secondary and primary structure of imotifs.
primary structure = linear sequence of DNA letters secondary structure = DNA folding in on itself, like proteins
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#6Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Proteins vary wildly in structure, size and chemistry, these things seem to be rather similar so far chemically "boring".
Ha. Short strings of DNA, "chemically boring". Nothing to see here. Probably just junk.
Compared to proteins (20+ amino acids, inclusions of non-aminoacid structures such as heme), yes, quite boring.
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ha. Short strings of DNA, "chemically boring". Nothing to see here. Probably just junk.
Compared to proteins (20+ amino acids, inclusions of non-aminoacid structures such as heme), yes, quite boring.
But folding now. Interesting. We don't know what will happen. You should keep an open mind.
Re: New DNA structure inside human cells known as the “i-motif” has been identified
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Compared to proteins (20+ amino acids, inclusions of non-aminoacid structures such as heme), yes, quite boring.
But folding now. Interesting. We don't know what will happen. You should keep an open mind.
Few things can "open one's mind" like an angry prion.