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Physical basis of the cell size scaling laws

1. Romain Rollin
2. Jean-François Joanny
3. Pierre Sens

• Curated by eLife

  eLife assessment

  This theoretical work deals with the problem of homeostasis of protein density within cells, relying on the Pump and Leak model. The model makes predictions both for growing and senescent cells, which they compare to experimental data on budding yeast. The work extends previous works and makes biologically-relevant predictions, which will be of interest to both theorists and experimentalists interested in cell physiology.

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