title: Waste and yet want not.
abstract: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Shachrai et al. (2010) demonstrate that the cost of wasteful protein expression in E. coli is specific to the transition from stationary phase to balanced exponential growth, probably because of a shortage of ribosomes during this growth phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Houston, Houston, TX 77044, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stoebel
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Dykhuizen