Re: Biopersonals :)
Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Thu, 12 Dec 1996 16:02:51 +0500
Thought you might enjoy this.
Gwen
>
>BioPersonals:
>
>1. I've been single-stranded too long! Lonely ATGCATG would like
> to pair up with congenial TACGTAC
>
>2. Menage a trois! Ligand seeks two receptors into binding and
> mutual phosphorylation. Let's get together and transduce
> some signals.
>
>3. Some dates have called me a promotor. Others have referred to
> me as a real operator. Personally, I think I'm just a cute
> piece of DNA who is still looking for that special
> transcription factor to help me unwind.
>
>4. Highly sensitive, orally active small molecule seeks stable,
> well-structured receptor who knows size isn't everything.
>
>5. There must be a rational way to meet a date! I'm tired of
> hanging out in those molecular diversity bars, hoping to
> randomly bump into the right peptide. I want a molecule
> that will fit right into my active site and really turn me
> on. I'll send you my crystal structure if you'll send me
> yours!
>
>6. Gene therapy graduate. After years of producing nothing but
> gibberish, I've shed my exons and am ready to express my
> introns. All I need is a cute vector to introduce me to
> the right host.
>
>7. My RNA, I'm sorry I misread your UAAUAAUAA and inserted three
> tyrosines when you repeatedly asked me to stop. Something
> got lost in the translation. Please forgive me.
>
>8. Naked DNA with sticky ends seeks kanamycin-resistant plasmid.
> EcoR1 sites prefered.
>
>9. Uninhibited virus seeks reason to make me shed my coat protein.
>
>10. This very selective oligonucleotide has been probing for just
> the right target for long term hybridization.
>
>11. Mature cell seeks same who still enjoys cycling and won't go
> apoptotic on me. Let's fight senescence together!
>
>12. I'm a prolific progenitor with great potential for growth and
> self-renewal. Call me if you're a potent hematopoietic
> factor who still believes in endless nights of colony
> stimulation.
>
>13. I don't always express myself on the surface, but I'm looking
> for a signal that will appreciate my complexity. Send me the
> right message and you'll penetrate my membranes, turn on my
> protein expression, and release my potential energy.
>
>======================================================
>Science never sucks...
>It can push, it can pull, but it will never, ever suck.
>Nope. Nuh uh! Physically impossible.
>Ma Nature won't let it happen.
>No Siree. No way.
>Suckus impossibleus.
>
Gwen Dluehosh
Desert Storm Arabians
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Blacksburg, VA 24060
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