Classical biochemistry is founded on several assumptions valid in dilute aqueous solutions
that are often extended without question to the interior milieu of intact cells. In the first section …

The state of intracellular water has been a matter of controversy for a long time for two
reasons. First, experiments have often given conflicting results. Second, hitherto, there have …

Secretory cells were isolated from the monoterpene-producing glandular trichomes (peltate
form) of peppermint as clusters of eight cells each. These isolated structures were shown to …

Calorimetric and respirometric studies of cultured cells show that both neoplastic and non-
neoplastic cell types maintain an anaerobic contribution to their total heat flux. In many …

151 found later8 that what Green had isolated were, in fact, mitochondria and so, it was
assumed that the enzymes within these organelles are unorganized. Confirmation of this …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the association of glycolytic enzymes with the
cytoskeleton. The cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells contains an extensive three-dimensional …

The nonideal properties of solutions containing high concentrations of macromolecules can
result in enormous increases in the activity of the individual macromolecules. It has been …

Glucose metabolism in the photoreceptor rod outer segment produces both ATP (GTP) and
NADPH to support phototransduction and NADPH-requiring processes in this organelle …

Cytoplasm is thought to have many hydrogel-like characteristics, including the ability to
absorb large amounts of water and change volume in response to alterations in external …

Although the role of macromolecular interactions in cell function has attracted considerable
attention, important questions about the organization of cells remain. To help clarify this …