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The cardboard box models described in chapters 2 and 3 revealed the relative sizes of cell components. Constructing the models showed how tightly packed cells are. Also, it enabled us to talk about the functions of membranes and the relationships among DNA, RNA, ribosomes and proteins. However, the lentils and gherkins and so on that we put into the boxes were inert. The components of real cells, in contrast, are very active and dynamic. In this chapter we shall start to survey this dynamism.
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Agutter, P.S., Wheatley, D.N. (2007). Hives of Industry. In: About Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5418-1_4
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