Size control: Cell proliferation does not equal growth

被引:78
作者
Su, TT [1 ]
O'Farrell, PH [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Biochem & Biophys, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
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D O I
10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70436-1
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Division subdivides mass without increasing it. So one should not expect that an increase in cell division would make an organism bigger. Both classic and recent experiments confirm this simple rationale: altering proliferation produces normally sized body structures with either especially small or exceptionally large cells.
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页码:R687 / R689
页数:3
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