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. 2003;2(1):3.
doi: 10.1186/1475-4924-2-3. Epub 2003 Apr 24.

Growing without a size checkpoint

Jonathan B Weitzman

Growing without a size checkpoint

Jonathan B Weitzman. J Biol. 2003.

Abstract

Mammalian cells, unlike yeast, seem to maintain a constant distribution of cell sizes without a cell-size checkpoint.

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