linkedin post 2015-12-05 05:35:52

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ANCIENT SYMBIONTS. Both chloroplasts and mitochondria are of symbiotic bacterial origin, generating all cellular energy in plants and animals, and dictating cell suicide. These semi-independent organelles thus play a pivotal role in most of earth's life forms. Think again whose hand is on the steering wheel. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-05 05:33:23

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DESPITE ITS IMPORTANCE, most of the literature on ATP is very narrow and descriptive. There are few, if any, eulogies to this brilliantly constructed molecule: none celebrating its remarkable efficiency (never stored, used as needed); its ubiquity for absolutely all life forms; and its clever energy dose, suitable for thousands of types of biochemical reactions. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-12-05 05:32:42

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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE this weekend focuses on ATP, another mega-blockbuster biomolecule. Complex molecules organized into living things need to capture and harness energy to function, and without it, a cell is bankrupt. All life energy is a cascade from the sun, stored in chemical bonds, and released to do work. View in LinkedIn
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