= The Way Of The Cell =
== Franklin M. Harold, 2011, Multco 571.6 H292w ==
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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     ||