On the origins of a crowded cytoplasm

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-590

  Acerenza, Luis ^a   Graña, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Cell physiology; Cellular models; Macromolecular crowding; Origins of life; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MACROMOLECULE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOCELL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751518838     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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