If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the "pacemaker" controlling yeast cell division lies inside the ...

Cell division ensures growth or renewal and is thus vital for all organisms. However, the process differs somewhat in animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Until now, little was known about ...

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 ...

During cell division, Mrc1 ensures that histones, carrying these chemical tags, are evenly distributed to both new copies of the DNA, maintaining the cell's identity and function.

During cell division, mitosis refers specifically to the separation of the duplicated genetic material carried in the nucleus. Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as ...

What am I looking at? This is a 3D video of a so-called HeLa cell.In this video, the cell’s actin filaments are labeled in orange. As the cell enters the first stages of cell division, you can see a ...

In cyclic symmetric cell division, the hair follicle stem cells are split into two cell types with the same fate, while in asymmetric cell division, they are split into a differentiating cell ...

Right timing of cell division. His group has now discovered that Plk1 is not essential for the start of cell division. "Rather, it acts as a molecular switch to ensure that cells start dividing at ...

Cell division ensures growth or renewal and is thus vital for all organisms. However, the process differs somewhat in animals, bacteria, fungi, plants, and algae. Until now, little was known about ...