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| Title |
Size sensors in bacteria, cell cycle control, and size control
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00515 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lydia Robert |
| Abstract |
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 could act at different stages of the cell cycle. During septum formation, mechanisms controlling the formation of the Z ring, such as MinCD inhibition or Nucleoid Occlusion (NO) could participate in the size-dependence of the division process. In addition or alternatively, the coupling of growth and division may occur indirectly through the control of DNA replication initiation. The relative importance of these different size-sensing mechanisms could depend on the environmental and genetic context. The recent demonstration of an incremental strategy of size control in bacteria, suggests that DnaA-dependent control of replication initiation could be the major size control mechanism limiting cell size variation. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Russia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 132 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 30% |
| Researcher | 32 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 9% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50 | 36% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 22% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 12 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 7% |
| Engineering | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 18 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 January 2016.
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#170
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