Abstract
Since the earliest days of molecular biology it has been known that even a seemingly uniform culture of bacteria is made up of cells very different from each other in terms of their levels of a given protein. This individuality has now finally been quantified at single-molecule resolution, as reported in two recent papers.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Dictyostelium / genetics
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Dictyostelium / metabolism
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Escherichia coli / genetics
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Escherichia coli / metabolism
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Green Fluorescent Proteins / analysis
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Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
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Protein Biosynthesis*
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RNA, Messenger / metabolism
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beta-Galactosidase / metabolism
Substances
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RNA, Messenger
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Green Fluorescent Proteins
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beta-Galactosidase