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ID Property Organism Value Units Range Details
104815 lntracellular concentration of phosphorylated metabolites Bacteria Escherichia coli N/A Table link - http://tinyurl.com/q4wu4n
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103231 Percent of linoleic acyl in phosphatidylcholine isolated from egg yolk Chicken Gallus gallus 9 Percent
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103489 Ratio between Km (nonsense codon)/Km (sense codon) of class I release factor Bacteria Escherichia coli Unitless 100-1000
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103469 Rate of error in amino acylation of tRNA by aa-tRNA synthetase Bacteria Escherichia coli incorrect/correct amino acid 0.0001-0.00001
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102772 Number of syntaxin 1s in typical synaptic vesicle Rat Rattus norvegicus 6 copies/vesicle
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105029 Genomic substitution rates (U) per generation in bacteria Various N/A Table link - http://tinyurl.com/yljtdru
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103909 Diameter of photosystem II Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus nm 13-31
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102250 Increase in protein content compared with haploid S. cerevisiae Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe 1.7 Fold
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100376 Number of chlorophyll per reaction center Plants 400 unitless 100-700
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104796 Number of mesophyll cells in Norway Spruce needle Tree Norway Spruce Picea abies 40206 Unitless +-7109
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1) Number of HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen, MHC) molecules on an average human cell.
2) Mass of total protein in human cell.