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Chen Liao1,2,3, Priyanka Priyanka1,2, Yi-Hui Lai1,2

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States.

ACS synthetic biology
|August 9, 2024
PubMed
概括

微生物通过分配细胞内资源来优化生长. 这项研究揭示了大肠杆菌中瓜诺辛五酸盐 (ppGpp) 调节的数学模型,揭示了稳健和动态蛋白质组分配的原理.

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