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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2023

Bet-hedging: Bacterial ribosome dynamics during growth transitions.

Tatsuya Akiyama, Minsu Kim

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tatsuya AkiyamaDepartment of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Minsu KimDepartment of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Antibiotic Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: minsu.kim@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is known that bacteria reduce their ribosome numbers during nutrient starvation. New research shows that this regulation leads to the formation of two subpopulations with distinct ribosomal RNA levels. The distinct levels affect the growth recovery when nutrients become available, suggesting a possible bet-hedging strategy.

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Biological EvolutionStarvationBacteriaHumansRibosomes

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PMID37989094
OpenAlexW4388819823

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