Invariance of Initiation Mass and Predictability of Cell Size in Escherichia coli

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1278-1287

  Si, Fangwei ^a   Li, Dongyang ^b   Cox, Sarah E ^a   Sauls, John T ^a   Azizi, Omid ^c   Sou, Cindy ^a   Schwartz, Amy B ^a   Erickstad, Michael J ^a   Jun, Yonggun ^a   Li, Xintian ^a   Jun, Suckjoon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial physiology; cell cycle; cell size control; CRISPR interference; growth law; initiation mass

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL CYCLE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOSOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 85017467543     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.022     Document Type: Article

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