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From the page: "Key Concepts: * A synthetic molecule called peptide nucleic acid (PNA) combines the information-storage properties of DNA with the chemical stability of a proteinlike backbone. * Drugs based on PNA would achieve therapeutic effects by binding to specific base... more
Reviewed by wlh13 Nov 28 2008, 03:35pm ( 18 reviews ) • sciam.com
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Rated by antranik on Jan 03 2009, 11:27pm
The concept of a triple helix DNA molecule!
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Reviewed by tuffghostsu on Dec 25 2008, 9:41pm
Do it already.
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Rated by feeLitSite on Dec 02 2008, 1:25am
terrifiant !
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Rated by liquidiridium on Dec 01 2008, 4:41pm
hmmmmmmm. It has been hypothesized that the earliest life on Earth may have used PNA as a genetic material due to its extreme robustness, simpler formation and possible spontaneous polymerization at 100°C[2] (while water at standard pressure boils at this temperature, water at high pressure--as in deep ocean--boil at higher temperatures). If this is so, life evolved to a DNA/RNA-based system only at a later stage....?
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Rated by SeanGriffith on Nov 30 2008, 6:52am
PNA: Polypeptide Nucleic Acid consisting of DNA and Proteins
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Rated by wlh13 on Nov 28 2008, 3:35pm
From the page: "Key Concepts: * A synthetic molecule called peptide nucleic acid (PNA) combines the information-storage properties of DNA with the chemical stability of a proteinlike backbone. * Drugs based on PNA would achieve therapeutic effects by binding to specific base sequences of DNA or RNA, repressing or promoting the corresponding gene. * Some researchers working to construct artificial life-forms out of mixtures of chemicals are also considering PNA as a useful ingredient for their designs. * PNA-like molecules may have served as primordial genetic material at the origin of life."
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Rated by tentmaker3 on Nov 26 2008, 3:22pm
A synthetic hybrid of protein and DNA.
