A Metabolic Sensor Governing Cell Size in Bacteria

Cell

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-347

  Weart, Richard B ^a   Lee, Amy H ^a   Chien, An Chun ^a   Haeusser, Daniel P ^a   Hill, Norbert S ^a   Levin, Petra Anne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; CELLCYCLE; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN UGTP; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOKINESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSOR; YEAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 34447537710     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.05.043     Document Type: Article

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