It is not difficult to synthesize since it has a low free energy of formation

You can read a little about ribose, if you like.
I was thinking about prions, actually, today, because I'm now reading the book "The family that couldn't sleep" by D.T. Max (© 2006).
I thought I'd look at the difference in protein synthesis (versus the synthesis of nucleic acid packages) on a thermodynamic basis because Obviously prions are not that voluminous (?!) an infectuous agent (?!) - actually I don't know this, but I think this could be true. I haven't gotten that far into Daniel Max's book yet, either. This will be only the second book I've read about prions, I believe.
So I thought I'd go back to the free energy of formation of RNA synthesis, step-by-step, then look at the bigger infectuous molecules in sequence - for whatever it's worth to me.
I wish I had known Gibbs, myself.
I'll settle for Leroy Jethro Gibbs, though! ;-) What a hunk of a television character.
This post ©reated by Ribonuff on September 22, 2007.