Not being the wrong size

Authors
Citation
Rh. Gomer, Not being the wrong size, NAT REV MOL, 2(1), 2001, pp. 48-54
Citations number
107
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
14710072 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
48 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
1471-0072(200101)2:1<48:NBTWS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Size regulation is a never-ending problem. Many of us worry that parts of o urselves are too big whereas other parts are too small. How organisms - and their tissues - are programmed to be a specific size, how this size is mai ntained, and what might cause something to become the wrong size, are key p roblems in developmental biology. But what are the mechanisms that regulate the size of multicellular structures?