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eukaryotic

The tricarboxylic acid cycle: Oxidation in the round

Having considered localization of respiratory functions in mitochondria and in prokaryotic cells, it's time to return to the eukaryotic context and follow a molecule of pyruvate across the inner membrane of the mitochondrion to see what fate awaits it inside.

Chromosome replication

Genome-level control is involved in making the eukaryotic genome — chromosomal DNA — accessible to the cell’s transcription machinery. To…