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ID Property Organism Value Units Range Details
101624 Physicochemical attributes of carbon dioxide relevant to photosynthesis by aquatic photolithotrophs Various N/A Table Link - http://tinyurl.com/5excnu
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104352 Enzymatic and physical parameters for RuBisCo Generic N/A Table link - http://tinyurl.com/ncdhmr
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100413 Nucleoplasmin African clawed frog Xenopus laevis 250 ng
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103375 plastoquinone/chlorophyll ratio in thylakoid membrane Plants 0.02 Unitless
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100294 Chromosome number (2n) Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans 12 unitless
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103548 Concentration of glutathione disulfide GSSG in cytosol Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ~4 uM
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104832 Purification of corn leaf inorganic Pyrophosphatase Corn Zea mays N/A Table link - http://tinyurl.com/l5j6j9
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103982 Mass Action Ratio, R, of the 3-Phosphoglycerate reducing system and Pi levels in Maize Mesophyll Chloroplasts under different light conditions Corn Zea mays N/A Table link - http://tinyurl.com/dgjag5
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102527 Time between starvation and expression of meiosis genes Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 12.4 hours +-2.4
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100496 Increased risk of Kaposi's sarcoma in transplant patients Human Homo sapiens 450 fold increase 400-500
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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.