Historians believe that in newspost
<sIPj8.2552$c4.101880207 at ounews.ou.edu> on Wed, 13 Mar 2002, LIzz
Hancock <vbow6161 at ou.edu> penned the following literary masterpiece:
>Their DNA/RNA/Proteins have a higher GC ratio.
Which does not explain why Pyrococcus growing at >100C has a GC of
around 35% i.e. predominantly AT rich. Add in the umpteen other AT rich
hyperthermophiles and your argument falls apart.
There are many other ways to protect your DNA from denaturing, other
than %GC.
Duncan
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The problem with being on the cutting edge is that you occasionally get
sliced from time to time....
Duncan Clark
GeneSys Ltd.
