ArticleCurrent biology : CB2017
Cell Size: Fat Makes Cells Fat.
Article in Current biology : CB, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
Nutrients are required for the multiple biosynthetic pathways that result in cell growth, and faster growth due to increased nutrient supply results in larger cell volume. A new study demonstrates that fatty-acid availability limits growth rate and cell envelope capacity, revealing that fatty-acid synthesis is the primary determinant of cell size in bacteria and in budding yeast.
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