http://bitesizebio.com/2009/09/02/how-thermophile-dna-survives/ Daily tech tips, news and comment for molecular and cell biologists Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-beta2-14565 http://bitesizebio.com/2009/09/02/how-thermophile-dna-survives/#comment-19650 The Secrets of Thermophile Survival: Part I | Bitesize Bio Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:10:01 +0000 http://bitesizebio.com/?p=2462#comment-19650 [...] miss part two, where I talk about how thermophile DNA/RNA survives the [...] [...] miss part two, where I talk about how thermophile DNA/RNA survives the [...]

]]> http://bitesizebio.com/2009/09/02/how-thermophile-dna-survives/#comment-16769 Andrew Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:21:53 +0000 http://bitesizebio.com/?p=2462#comment-16769 Hey, thanks. I think I need to (using poker terms) call a degradation and raise you a denaturation! For salts and polyamines, they're keeping the phosphodiester and other bonds along each strand together (protecting against degradation in those cases). But for histone-like structures and supercoiling, it's preventing denaturation. I'll go in and change that. Hey, thanks. I think I need to (using poker terms) call a degradation and raise you a denaturation! For salts and polyamines, they’re keeping the phosphodiester and other bonds along each strand together (protecting against degradation in those cases). But for histone-like structures and supercoiling, it’s preventing denaturation. I’ll go in and change that.

]]> http://bitesizebio.com/2009/09/02/how-thermophile-dna-survives/#comment-16726 qetzal Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:26:36 +0000 http://bitesizebio.com/?p=2462#comment-16726 Interesting stuff! One question though: did you really mean to say that things like salts, polyamines, and Sac7d protect DNA from <i>degradation</i> (i.e. chemical breakdown), or should that really be <i>denaturation</i> (strand separation)? Interesting stuff! One question though: did you really mean to say that things like salts, polyamines, and Sac7d protect DNA from degradation (i.e. chemical breakdown), or should that really be denaturation (strand separation)?

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