Scaling properties of cell and organelle size

Organogenesis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Chan, Yee Hung M ^a   Marshall, Wallace F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Cell; Organelle; Power law; Scaling relationships; Size control

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DNA;

ALLOMETRY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLAGELLUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPOGENESIS; LYSOSOME; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANELLE SIZE; PEROXISOME; REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 77953531053     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.6.2.11464     Document Type: Review

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