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The upper limit of cell size is probably set by the rate of diffusion of solute molecules in aqueous systems.

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The chemistry of living organisms is organized around carbon, which accounts for more than half the dry weight of cells.

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Virtually every chemical reaction in a cell occurs at a significant rate only because of the presence of enzymes.

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Cells of all kinds share certain structural features.

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Perhaps the most remarkable property of living cells and organisms is their ability to reproduce themselves for countless generations with nearly perfect fidelity. This continuity of inherited traits implies constancy, over millions of years, in the structure of the molecules that contain the genetic information.

Albert L. Lehninger