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The range of adaptation of the terminal respiratory apparatus in response to environmental variation is considerably less for human cells than for yeast cells. In addition, availability of oxygen in human cells regulates the content of cytochrome oxidase rather than its activity.
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HAKAMI, N., PIOUS, D. Regulation of Cytochrome Oxidase in Human Cells in Culture. Nature 216, 1087–1090 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2161087a0
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