4 results for “molecules of life”
Life & Biology
The Origin of Life
Life is built from a surprisingly short list of parts: amino acids, which link into proteins; nucleotides, which link into DNA and RNA; sugars; and fatty molecules
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Life & Biology
What Is Life? The Cell
life takes place protected from the outside. Most are far too small to see; a typical human cell is about a fiftieth of a millimetre across, and a bacterium ten times smaller
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Life & Biology
Bacteria and Viruses
life would stop. They break down dead plants and animals and return their nutrients to the soil. They take nitrogen from the air, which plants cannot use, and convert it into forms
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Life & Biology
DNA and Genes
molecule that carries them is DNA, and the discovery of how it works is one of the great achievements of science. A twisted ladder DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, is shaped like a ladder
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