Long-term microfluidic tracking of coccoid cyanobacterial cells reveals robust control of division timing

BMC Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Yu, Feiqiao Brian ^a   Willis, Lisa ^a,b   Chau, Rosanna Man Wah ^a   Zambon, Alessandro ^a,c   Horowitz, Mark ^a   Bhaya, Devaki ^d   Huang, Kerwyn Casey ^a,e   Quake, Stephen R ^a,f  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size homeostasis; Circadian clock; Cyanobacteria; Light dark cycles; Microfluidics; Photosynthesis; Single cell imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRACKING; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TIME FACTOR;

CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRACKING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85012910965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0344-4     Document Type: Article

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