Creation hid all its secrets in your hair... HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW DNA (4-5-1) Carries Heredity Every living system has a blueprint for replication, or making copies of itself. This blueprint is commonly called heredity. The key structure of the hereditary process is the long, spiral DNA molecule. DNA consists of two complementary strands coiled around each other to form a twisting ladder called a double helix (see Genetics). The strands are made up of varying sequences of chemical groups which are called nucleotides. A nucleotide consists of a sugar and a phosphate group plus either of two purine bases--adenine (A) and guanine (G)--or either of two pyrimidine bases--thymine (T) and cytosine (C). Of all the molecules that DNA could direct to be built, one might wonder why the information encoded in DNA is limited solely to the manufacture of protein. The reason is that so long as DNA can direct the making of protein enzymes, no other direction is necessary because enzymes aid in the building of all other cell molecules. ATP (PAT) -- The 2.3 Power Molecule All living systems need energy in a usable form to drive the vital activities of cells. Nature has selected ATP as the cellular storehouse of chemical energy. ATP is a nucleotide made up of adenine (one of the amino acids in DNA and RNA), ribose (the sugar in RNA), and three interlinked phosphate groups (see Phosphorus). The two so-called high-energy bonds that link the phosphate groups together are the key power sources of ATP. When those bonds are broken, a considerable amount of energy is freed. By the same token, when the bonds are reestablished, a considerable amount of energy is stored in ATP. An inorganic phosphate group is usually symbolized Pi. Enzymatic Catalysis (ICI or EZ) Enzymes are the workhorses of the cell. They put together all its complex molecules. Thousands of vital chemical reactions must take place in the cell. None, however, can proceed without enzyme catalysts because at the relatively low temperatures existing in living systems, chemical reactions would take too long to occur without the help of enzymes. Reproduction at the Cell Level All living systems are ordinarily capable of reproducing themselves. The replication of DNA, however, lies at the heart of all other forms of reproduction. Though cell Division might seem the supreme act of replication, enzymes and other proteins are continually replicated at the ribosomes. So, too, are membranes and mitochondria. Hence, replication is going on within a cell whether the cell itself is dividing or not. SKULL AND BONES SOCIETY IS KIDNAPPING CREATION Neanderthaler "Deans of Dollars" fabricated Cro Magnon (ROMA) circa 40,000 BC Recombinant DNA, genetically engineered DNA prepared in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together specific DNA fragments; usually uses DNA from more than one species of organism.
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