Repost re: possible reservoir for Ebola/Marburg

[Don Haut]

> 
> That is a very interesting idea.
> 
> I agree that DNA and RNA can remain intact for a long time in clay or shale, 
> unfortunately proteins and plasma membranes do not. 
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I dont know about DNA in shale and/or clay but I cant imagine RNA would
last in either of these.  RNAses are absolutly EVERWHERE!!  In our lab we
go to great lengths to make certain that our RNA does not get chewed up.

Don

Don Haut  Wooster '88
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
University of Missouri-Columbia
C601591 at showme.missouri.edu