By weight, $95%$ of an E. coli cell's components are water $(\sim 70%)$ , protein $(\sim 15%)$ , nucleic acids (DNA 1\% + RNA 6\%) and polysaccharides ( 3\%). Given that there is only one chromosome and about 3000 different proteins in an $E$ . coli cell lysate, the number of different molecules of DNA and RNA is expected to be

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By weight,

95%

of an E. coli cell's components are water

(\sim 70%)

, protein

(\sim 15%)

, nucleic acids (DNA 1\% + RNA 6\%) and polysaccharides ( 3\%). Given that there is only one chromosome and about 3000 different proteins in an

E

. coli cell lysate, the number of different molecules of DNA and RNA is expected to be

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Question Text	By weight, $95%$ of an E. coli cell's components are water $(\sim 70%)$ , protein $(\sim 15%)$ , nucleic acids (DNA 1\% + RNA 6\%) and polysaccharides ( 3\%). Given that there is only one chromosome and about 3000 different proteins in an $E$ . coli cell lysate, the number of different molecules of DNA and RNA is expected to be
Topic	Biology
Subject	Science
Class	Class 10

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