Scaling between DNA and cell size governs bacterial growth homeostasis and resource allocation
Boyan Li, Songyuan Zhang, Le Zhang, Xiaoying Qiao, Yiqiang Shi, Cheng Li, Qi Ouyang, Ping Wei, Long Qian
This study shows that breaking DNA-cell size scaling in E. coli leads to a linear growth regime and resource reallocation to plasmid-borne gene expression.
bioRxiv · Nov 12, 2021 · PreprintSystems Biology