Mouse embryonic stem cells divide extremely rapidly, about once every 5 hours. These cells require large amounts

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Mouse embryonic stem cells divide extremely rapidly, about once every 5 hours. These cells require large amounts of threonine in their medium. Explain how threonine catabolism (Fig. 21-14) helps meet the cells' energy needs and their high rate of DNA synthesis.
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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