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The article makes it sound as though this is something only humans have. Which struck me as very odd. But the paper in Cell says: "• Found globally in divers
by ninalanyon 2y ago
The article makes it sound as though this is something only humans have. Which struck me as very odd.
But the paper in Cell says:
"• Found globally in diverse niches, obelisks also occur in human stool and oral microbiomes"
https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)01091-2 https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(24)01091-2
Much more reasonable.
- adrian_b 2y agoFree preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.20.576352v1
- ahazred8ta 2y agoThey resemble a single stranded circular RNA plasmid, stuck together into a hairpin shape. Plant viroids are 250-450 bases long, while obelisks seem to be in the 1000-1200 range. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_RNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_RNA -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_D