Not being the wrong size

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Jan;2(1):48-54. doi: 10.1038/35048058.

Abstract

Size regulation is a never-ending problem. Many of us worry that parts of ourselves 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 maintained, and what might cause something to become the wrong size, are key problems in developmental biology. But what are the mechanisms that regulate the size of multicellular structures?

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Constitution / physiology*
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology
  • Cell Count
  • Cell Division
  • Cell Movement / physiology
  • Feedback
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological