Cell division is the terminal phase of the cell ... bipolar, microtubule-based mitotic spindle is assembled de novo. The spindle functions not only to segregate the replicated chromosomes into ...

For successful cell division, chromosomal DNA needs to be packed into compact rod-shaped structures. Defects in this process can lead to cell death or diseases like cancer. A new study has shown how ...

Scientists at EMBL have captured how human chromosomes fold into their signature rod shape during cell division, using a ...

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it ...

More about cancer biomarker for predicting response to drugs targeting mitotic checkpoint kinases and cell division Genomic instability – an increased tendency for DNA mutations and both structural ...

"Only these features allowed us to recapitulate the native structure of mitotic chromosomes in our model and understand how they can be segregated during cell division." In the future, the researchers ...

About 100 cells divide every second in our body. A key protein in cell division is a protein kinase termed Plk1, because it activates other proteins involved in this process. Plk1 is also ...