To many people,the ability of a cell to reproduce itself is the definition of life itself.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

These proteins have functions that are essential for life of the cell, they transport molecules back and forth across the membrane.

这些蛋白所起的功能,对于细胞生存至关重要,它们负责转运分子通过细胞膜进出细胞

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That's what's illustrated here with the end result being that there's some change in the life of the cell.

这里显示的是,在信号放大传递后,细胞内发生的变化

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While DNA molecules contain the blueprint for life inside each cell of every organism, it is the ribosome that translates that information into life.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

And I put this to Voytek, what dollar figure should be put on human life to decide whether to ban the use of cell phones?

我也问过佛伊泰克，在决定是否禁止使用手机这件事时,人命应该如何定价？

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Now, what does that have to do with the life of a cell inside the body?

这一特性,对我们体内细胞生存有什么意义呢

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It's a switch that from outside can be used to change the life of a cell.

这种来自外源的变化能够改变细胞的状态

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How could size affect the life of the cell?

那大小怎么会影响细胞功能的呢

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These are two examples I just gave you of introducing genes that affect the life of a cell, either by making it express a protein that it's not making properly that's important to its life, or by intentionally killing a cell by having it express a fatal gene.

刚才我所举两个例子,都只是影响单一细胞生命过程的,无论是使无法正常表达的重要蛋白,正常表达也好,或是有意地,导入致命的基因杀死细胞也好

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The DNA that encodes the proteins that are important to the life of that cell.

只发生于编码特定蛋白质的DNA序列,这些蛋白质对细胞而言至关重要

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