Simultaneous regulation of cell size and chromosome replication in bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Ho, Po Yi ^a   Amir, Ariel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell size regulation; Mathematical modeling; Multiple forks; Replication initiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84938858277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00662     Document Type: Article

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