Aging and death in an organism that reproduces by morphologically symmetric division

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 0295-0300

  Stewart, Eric J ^a,b   Madden, Richard ^c,d   Paul, Gregory ^a,b   Taddei, Franc ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 13944272143     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030045     Document Type: Article

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