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Q Cao

Chinese Academy of SciencesORCID 0009-0009-9105-8737Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 22, 2026

DNA replication initiation causally sets the added mass for cell division in Escherichia coli

Hai Zheng, Q Cao, Zheng Zhang…·Chenli Liu

This paper shows that DNA replication initiation in E. coli sets a fixed mass increment for cell division, resolving conflicting models of division timing.

DOI 10.64898/2026.02.21.703636

E. coliexperimental assay

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