Don't these things live in a lake or something? Arsenic esters would be a lot weaker than phosphate esters but NTPs are pretty stable against hydrolysis due to high activation energy. It might just be a chemistry issue... we'll see.
That said, the skeptic inside me thinks this could just be a NASA scheme with the US budget going to be up for debate again.
That said, the skeptic inside me thinks this could just be a NASA scheme with the US budget going to be up for debate again.
This message last edited by BlackAdder on 09/12/2010 at 07:16:28 AM
NASA flubbed up!
- 09/12/2010 05:52:24 AM
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Yeah, I don't really understand
- 09/12/2010 07:16:01 AM
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That's their natural environment, yeah; too bad NASAs weren't grown there.
- 10/12/2010 05:42:59 PM
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There's no "simply" about DNA made with arsenic instead of phosphorous. *NM*
- 10/12/2010 11:49:16 PM
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