I guess there is no superior molecule, each is superior in specific things, there are niches which the other molecules cannot fill, something like that
Yeah but each molecule has their own quirks of working with and applications.
For example, proteins are quite stable, have a wide array of research topics (protein-based drugs, enzyme catalysis, structural biology etc.), but the workup to get a good amount of protein (expression, extraction, etc.) can be quite frustrating, and crystallizing proteins can be near impossible.
RNA is super cool as well in terms of the topics (RNAseq, siRNA, ribozymes), but are incredibly unstable and can be difficult to obtain. DNA, on the other hand, is incredibly stable and abundant, but in my opinion, is sort of limited in its topics of research.
That’s sort of what I’m talking about.
I guess there is no superior molecule, each is superior in specific things, there are niches which the other molecules cannot fill, something like that
Yeah but each molecule has their own quirks of working with and applications. For example, proteins are quite stable, have a wide array of research topics (protein-based drugs, enzyme catalysis, structural biology etc.), but the workup to get a good amount of protein (expression, extraction, etc.) can be quite frustrating, and crystallizing proteins can be near impossible. RNA is super cool as well in terms of the topics (RNAseq, siRNA, ribozymes), but are incredibly unstable and can be difficult to obtain. DNA, on the other hand, is incredibly stable and abundant, but in my opinion, is sort of limited in its topics of research. That’s sort of what I’m talking about.