Close-Up View of DNA Replication

Re:Close-Up View of DNA Replication by schiffern on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @01:58AM (#14592493)

>Cells are extremely crowded

Thanks for the excellent blog post. This is something more people need to appreciate.

I never realized just how crowded until I saw David Goodsell's molecular illustrations[1] in Drew Barry's TED talk.[2] Goodsell's drawings show the actual density and diversity of molecules inside the cell.

[1] http://mgl.scripps.edu/people/goodsell/illustration/public

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMPXu6GF18M

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Re:Close-Up View of DNA Replication by CuriouslyC on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @09:48AM (#14594556)

Those are nice.

People get confused because they read that cells are ~99% water by molecule count. By weight they're only ~65-70% water. One out of three atoms being part of a non-water molecule means cells are tightly packed.

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Re:Close-Up View of DNA Replication by setq on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @07:58AM (#14593828)

Thanks for posting. That was fascinating.

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