Excess Membrane Synthesis Drives a Primitive Mode of Cell Proliferation

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Channel: Cell Press · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Jeff Errington and colleagues discover that increased membrane surface area, a simple biophysical change, in wild-type protoplasts drives L-form-like division, providing a model for evolution of early primordial cells.

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