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 ...
Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive structural supports. But a new study reveals they play a far more active signaling ...
Cells that acquire a doubled genome after a failed division step survive and proliferate far more effectively than cells left ...
Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For this, the cell must duplicate its DNA – its genome – and segregate it equally ...
During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the ...
Researchers found that smaller cancer cells with doubled DNA often behaved more aggressively than larger ones.
As the cell proceeds through the stages of cell division (from left to right: interphase, prometaphase, metaphase, and anaphase), chromosomes become progressively more compact through a combination of ...
Structure of Ndc80 complex bound to microtubule. Ndc80 complex is the major microtubule3binding module at the kinetochore. Green: α-tubulin, light-blue:β-tubulin, dark blue: HEC1 (a4subunit of the ...