Size sensors in bacteria, cell cycle control, and size control
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Size sensors in bacteria, cell cycle control, and size control
Bacteria proliferate by repetitive cycles of cellular growth and division. The progression into the cell cycle is admitted to be under the control of cell size. However, the molecular basis of this regulation is still unclear. Here I will discuss which mechanisms could allow coupling growth and division by sensing size and transmitting this information to the division machinery. Size sensors co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00515