Cell-size maintenance: universal strategy revealed. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jun, Suckjoon; Taheri-Araghi, Sattar
• Is Part Of: Trends in microbiology. Volume 23:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 4
• Page End: 6
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: cell size control -- cell size homeostasis -- growth law -- cell cycle -- bacterial physiology; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Virulence (Microbiology) -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Virulence -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Infection -- Périodiques; Virulence (Microbiologie) -- Périodiques; Infection; Microbiology; Virulence (Microbiology); 579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.12.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-842X

Abstract

Abstract : How cells maintain a stable size has fascinated scientists since the beginning of modern biology, but has remained largely mysterious. Recently, however, the ability to analyze single bacteria in real time has provided new, important quantitative insights into this long-standing question in cell biology.