The new technology can help the researchers study the fundamental mechanisms governing cell division with greater control and detail than previously possible, and in real time.

In 2000, researchers discovered that mutations that inactivate a gene known as TRIM37 cause a developmental disease called ...

A centromere is a specialized location in the DNA that functions as the control center of cell division and is maintained, unchanged, across generations of cells. It is characterized by a special ...

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 ...

A new study has revealed how subtle oxidative modifications of proteins fine-tune cell division and determine how cells ...

However, if a cell is long and thin it will usually generate asymmetrical daughter cells that are differently shaped. "The phenomenon of mitosis, or cell division, is one of the fundamentals of life ...

If you took high school biology, you probably learned about cell division: a crucial process in all life forms officially called mitosis. For over one hundred years, students have learned that ...

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 ...

A 'pocket' on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order.

Cell division is the process of a cell splitting into two genetically identical daughter cells. The actin protein seen in this video is essential for successful cell division. While actin has several ...

How might the cytoskeleton be used in cell division? What other function (s) might the cytoskeleton perform in the cell? Can they create a simple model to illustrate their thinking? Prophase: Again, ...