William L Hunt  wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 01:27:24 +0000 (UTC), myparadox{at}hotmail.com
> (myparadox) wrote:
> ....
> [much snipped]
> ....
> >
> >I don't claim to be up on the Hendrick's theory, but if we are allowed
> >to comment...and if I may assume it's "an RNA world",
why is RNA so
> >unstable outside of the cell; there is a robust amount of RNAases on
> >_everything just waiting to break it down. How could RNA ever have a
> >role in the sun world?
> >
> 
>  The concept of an "RNA world" of some sort as a precursor to our
> present "protein world" seems to be more and more generally accepted
> by researchers in first life. The question is how it first got started
> and whether RNA strands are stable enough to exist in the 'soup'
> without protection.
>  Many see RNA strands forming and evolving directly in the 'soup'. I
> feel there has to be some additional protection - for instance, a
> cell-like membrane separating it from the outside 'soup'. Tom's
> thermal cycle would effect the strands either way.
>  William L Hunt
>  

Everybody is entitled to one crackpot idea. Mine is that Phillipa Uwins'
work on nanobes will turn out to uncover a quasi-living structure
comprised of DNA and RNA surrounded by active proteins with a kind of
metabolism, like viruses.
-- 
John Wilkins
"Listen to your heart, not the voices in your head" - Marge Simpson
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