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Dinosaur protein sequenced - Lucky find shows up record-breaking fossil.
news@nature.com ^ | 12 April 2007 | Heidi Ledford

Posted on 04/13/2007 3:14:00 PM PDT by neverdem

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Analyses of Soft Tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex Suggest the Presence of Protein

Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus Rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry

Like before, the text is available and miniature figures are in "Figures Only" and pdf links are given for the "Supporting Online Material."

1 posted on 04/13/2007 3:14:02 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

I want a Tyrannoburger ... tastes like chicken.


2 posted on 04/13/2007 3:20:31 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: neverdem

Interesting. I’d been reading about soft tissue extraction from dinosaur bones for a while. This is the first time I’ve heard of any sequencing.


3 posted on 04/13/2007 3:25:08 PM PDT by Maelstorm (A wise man develops a philosophy that drives his politics not the other way around.)
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To: neverdem
"If we spend a lot of time...I think we're going to find that many specimens are like this."

That's right, Jack. And one of these days you're going to stick in your thumb and pull out a plumb and say: "Holy Mackerel! This is Dinosaur DNA!" And you know what'll happen next!

If you think alligators are a problem, just wait!

4 posted on 04/13/2007 3:34:15 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Idealogical purity is a luxury, pragmatism a necessity.)
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To: Diogenesis

Good news for Colonel Sanders!


5 posted on 04/13/2007 3:36:06 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Idealogical purity is a luxury, pragmatism a necessity.)
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To: neverdem

Next stop: Jurassic Park!


6 posted on 04/13/2007 3:38:28 PM PDT by Poundstone
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To: El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; PGalt; Dianna; ...
Here are two other threads on the story.

Scientists Retrieve Proteins From Dinosaur Bone

Ancient T. rex and mastodon protein fragments discovered, sequenced There are many links from Sunken Civ.

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Restoration of p53 function leads to tumour regression in vivo This pdf link is quite fascinating, although it's a very technical 5 pages. I noticed the title on Nature's home page. I found this copy posted on the web.

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

7 posted on 04/13/2007 4:09:00 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

Is this the same sample that was softened with vinegar?


8 posted on 04/13/2007 4:35:50 PM PDT by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: neverdem
This particular fossil, which has been shown to contain soft tissues...

Seventy five million years old.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
9 posted on 04/13/2007 4:37:11 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Current tagline is banned under hate speech laws.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


10 posted on 04/13/2007 4:40:08 PM PDT by TigersEye (For Democrats; victory in Iraq is not an option!)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

It sure as heck isn’t 6,000 years old.


11 posted on 04/13/2007 4:44:50 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: neverdem

fascinating. bump for later reading


12 posted on 04/13/2007 4:46:25 PM PDT by Kevmo (Duncan Hunter just needs one Rudy G Campaign Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBtPIrEleM)
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I don’t know, frankly, but I sure as hell know that it ain’t 75 million years old. My sandwhich in my lunchpail gets dry between 5:00 am when it is made and 12:00 noon when I eat it. Somebody’s full of sh*t.


13 posted on 04/13/2007 4:49:53 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Current tagline is banned under hate speech laws.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth
I don’t know, frankly, but I sure as hell know that it ain’t 75 million years old. My sandwhich in my lunchpail gets dry between 5:00 am when it is made and 12:00 noon when I eat it. Somebody’s full of sh*t.

"Palaeontologists have sequenced some protein from a 68-million-year-old fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex bone."

I believe your problem is with Palaeontology and geology.

These are pdf links:

Supporting Online Material for "Analyses of Soft Tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex Suggest the Presence of Protein"

Supporting Online Material for "Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus Rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry"

14 posted on 04/13/2007 5:55:02 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth
Maybe this link will help.

Soft tissue taken from 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil yields original protein

15 posted on 04/13/2007 6:19:13 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: AdmSmith; gcruse

You might be interested in news@nature.com‘s version and some of the links on this thread.


16 posted on 04/13/2007 6:24:34 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: TigersEye

Thanks!

Ancient T. rex and mastodon protein fragments discovered, sequenced
National Science Foundation | 12-Apr-2007 | Cheryl Dybas
Posted on 04/12/2007 3:43:57 PM EDT by AdmSmith
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1816333/posts

BBC: Protein links T. rex to chickens ~ ummm tasty....
BBC | Thursday, 12 April 2007, 19:27 GMT 20:27 UK | Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News
Posted on 04/12/2007 4:57:11 PM EDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1816370/posts


17 posted on 04/13/2007 7:59:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Not a problem. Throw another Tyrannosaurus wing on the barbie for me.
18 posted on 04/13/2007 8:49:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (For Democrats; victory in Iraq is not an option!)
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pre-Tertiary takeout buckets must have been huge.


19 posted on 04/13/2007 9:01:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: neverdem

Oops, didn’t notice that, thanks!


20 posted on 04/13/2007 9:03:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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