The Way Of The Cell
Franklin M. Harold, 2011, Multco 571.6 H292w
A bit too chatty for my tastes. Interesting factoids.
E. Coli
- DNA: 4.6M base pairs, 2.5G daltons. 1.6mm long
- 88%: 4288 protein coding genes
- 0.8% stable RNAs
- 0.7% repeats
- 10.5% regulator extensions
Molecule |
per Cell |
Varieties |
Protein |
2.4M |
1,850 |
mRNA |
1.4K |
600 |
tRNA |
200K |
60 |
(Ribosomes) |
(20K) |
(1) |
DNA |
2.1 ? |
1 |
Lipid |
22M |
50 |
Peptidoglycan |
1 |
1 |
Small Metabolites, Ions |
280M |
800 |
Water |
40G |
1 |