Approximate chemical composition of a bacterium, yeast and mammalian cell
| Range | Table - link g/cm^3 |
|---|---|
| Organism | Various |
| Reference | Feijó Delgado et al., Intracellular water exchange for measuring the dry mass, water mass and changes in chemical composition of living cells. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 2 8(7):e67590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067590.t002 p.4 table 2PubMed ID23844039 |
| Primary Source | See refs beneath table |
| Comments | "For E. coli [2,15,24] and yeast [3,4], the RNA/protein ratio has been extensively correlated with growth rate: faster growing cells have an increased proportion of RNA relative to protein. [Researchers] observe these growth-rate-dependent changes in chemical composition directly as changes in dry density, since the average density of proteins is lower than of RNA (Table 2)." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 111209 |