Hypoxia-inducible factors, our sensitive sensors of oxygen
Our cells are in permanent flux. Not only do they continually uptake energetic molecules and oxygen to generate energy, but even in the state of “rest” they are always busy with maintenance. Old proteins are constantly being broken down (in a specialised organelle called the proteasome) and to replace them new proteins are constantly being …
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