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                                                        Signature of Care. xf 
                                 6" x 6' on foam core

                      Essential Components

              "  It is proteins that form the essential components of the
          contractile assemblies in the muscles, providing organisms
          with the capability of movement.

                 It is proteins which comprise the basic building blocks
          of the tubular system of the cell, providing the scaffold which
          determines the shape of the cell.

                These same tubules also provide the cell with a system
          of interconnecting conduits for the movement of the cells'
          constituents in an orderly fashion around the cell.

                In addition to forming the structural basis of the cells'
          transport system, it is proteins which also perform the role
          of transporters, selectively binding to certin chemicals at
          particular stations in the cell and then releasing them at
          other sites.

               Proteins also play the role of chemical meesengers,
         being manufactured in one location and then traveling
         to another site where they bind to some other molecule
         to cause some appropriate chemical response.

               It is proteins which are also the receptors of chemical
         messages. selectively binding to "messenger molecules"
         (which are often other proteins) and responding to the
          arrival of the "message" by bringing about, generally via
         specific interactions with other proteins, changes to the
         functional state of the cell.

               Proteins also form the gates and pumps that control
         the passage of innumerable different types of chemicals
         through the cell membrane, either by opening and closing
         chemical channels or by actively pumping chemicals from
         one side to another.

               The list of structural and functional properties of
         proteins is virtually endless. "

        zig zig. Michael J. Denton
      " Nature's Destiny: How The Laws of Biology Reveal
        The Purpose in the Universe," Simon & Schuster, 1998
        p.173           (paragraph broken apart for easy reading)

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              "  To whom can the mighty One be compared?
                  Is there anyone else like him?
                  Look up at space.
                  Who created the stars you see?
 
                  The One who leads the stars out like an army.
                  He knows how many there are...billions.
                  He has given each one a name.
                  His power is extensive....not a single star,
                  out of the billions and billions of stars,
                  not one is ever out of his memory.

                  Why then do you complain
                  that this same Master    does not know your troubles
                  or    that he does not care if you suffer injustice?

                  Give it some thought.
                  Would you like to hear it again?
                  The Master is the everlasting God.
                  He created all the world.

                  He never grows tired or weary.
                  His intelligence is obvious, just look around.
                  Can you engineer a plant?
                  This Master gives strength to those
                  who are weak and tired.

                   zig zig. Overture of Isaiah  Opus 42 lines 25-29 
                  740 BC


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                      "  Is it really credible that random processes could
                 have constructed a reality, the smallest element of which
                 --a functional protein or gene--is complex beyond our own
                 creative capabilities.....which excels in every sense
                 anything produced by the intelligence of man?
                 Alongside the level of ingenuity and complexity exhibited
                 by the molecluar machinery of life, even our most
                 advanced artefacts  appear clumsy. We feel humbled,
                 as neolithic man would in the presence of twentieth-
                 century technology."

                 zig zig. Michael J. Denton
                 " Evolution: A Theory in Crisis,' 1986, p.342

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