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E. Coli cell length
2 micrometers (2×10^-6 meters)
E. Coli cell diameter
1 micrometer (1×10^-6 meters)
E. Coli cell volume
1 cubic micrometer (1×10^-6 liters)
E. Coli cell mass
1 picogram (1×10^-12 grams)
E. Coli generation time
1 hour
Avogadro’s Number
6×10²³
Yeast cell volume
30 cubic micrometers (3×10^-5 liters)
Yeast cell diameter
5 micrometers (5×10^-6 meters)
Yeast cell generation time
3 hours
HeLa cell volume
3000 femtoliters (3×10^-12 liters)
HeLa cell diameter
20 micrometers (2×10^-5 meters)
HeLa cell generation time
1 day
Cells in human body
4×10^13
Bacterial cells in human gut
4×10^13
Mean diameter of a protein (E.coli, yeast, humans)
4-5 nanometers (4-5×10^-9 m)
Number of proteins per cubic micrometer of cell volume (E.coli, yeast, humans)
2-4×10^6
Average distance between proteins in living cells
<10 nanometers (<1×10^-8 m)
Diameter of a water molecule
0.3 nanometers (3^-10 meters)
Rate of transcription for genes in E. coli
80 nucelotides per second
Rate of translation for mRNAs in E. coli
20 amino acids per second
Diffusion time for a small molecule across an E. coli cell membrane
0.001s
Diffusion time for a protein across an E. coli cell
0.01 seconds
Time scale for transitions between protein states
1-100 microseconds
Diffusion time for a small molecule across a HeLa cell
0.1-1s
Diffusion time for a protein across a HeLa cell
1-10s
Time scale for binding of a transcription factor to a DNA site
1s
Time to transcribe a gene in HeLa cells
30 minutes
Time to translate a protein in HeLa cells
30 minutes
Size of the E.coli genome
4.6 Mbp
Number of protein encoding genes in E.coli
4300
Typical gene length in E. coli
1000 base pairs
E. coli is haplod/diploid
haploid
Mutation rate in E. coli
10^-10 mutations per hour per base pair per replication of the genome
Size of the human genome
3.2 Gbp
Number of protein coding genes in humans
21000
Typical gene length in HeLa
10^4-10^6 base pairs
Humans are diploid/haploid
Diploid
Mutation rate in humans
10^-10 mutations per base pair per replication of the genome
Length of a typical mitochondrion
2 micrometers
Width of a typical mitochondrion
1 micrometer
Approx. number of mitochondria per yeast cell
10^1
Approx. number of mitochondria per mammalian cell
10^3-10^4