Article
Division in Escherichia coli is triggered by a size-sensing rather than a timing mechanism.
BMC biology - 28 Feb 2014
Robert Lydia, Hoffmann Marc, Krell Nathalie, Aymerich Stéphane, Robert Jérôme, Doumic Marie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Many organisms coordinate cell growth and division through size control mechanisms: cells must reach a critical size to trigger a cell cycle event. Bacterial division is often assumed to be controlled in this way, but experimental evidence to support this assumption is still lacking....
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