How did cells get their size?

Anatomical Record

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-251

  Morris, Catherine E ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curvature; Evolution; Mechanosensitive; Membrane; Prebiotic; Pump; Shape; Surface area; Tension; Volume

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOSKELETON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

BIOGENESIS; BIOPHYSICS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0036828867     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10158     Document Type: Article

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