Cell-Size Control and Homeostasis in Bacteria
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Cell-Size Control and Homeostasis in Bacteria
How cells control their size and maintain size homeostasis is a fundamental open question. Cell-size homeostasis has been discussed in the context of two major paradigms: "sizer," in which the cell actively monitors its size and triggers the cell cycle once it reaches a critical size, and "timer," in which the cell attempts to grow for a specific amount of time before division. These paradigms,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.028