TABLE 3:

Estimated energetic parameters at 28.5°C.

Parameter	Estimates		Values from fits
Volume term, A	80 nJ ⋅ s−1		52 ± 12 nJ ⋅ s−1
Area term, (i.e., area contribution at the two-cell stage)	(maintenance) fJ⋅s−1⋅μm−2	(building)
Total	0.8 to 8.4 nJ⋅s−1		8.2 ± 3.2 nJ⋅s−1

See text for calculations. Note that B has contributions from maintenance (β) and building (γ). The maintenance term can be decomposed into ATPase activity (β_ATPase) and protein turnover (β_turnover), so that β = β_ATPase + β_turnover. The building term can be decomposed into building of lipids () and proteins), so that .