For a living cell to divide successfully, each daughter cell must inherit the correct genetic material. In eukaryotes, segregation of duplicated chromosomes is performed by the mitotic spindle, a ...

This illustration shows the structure of a chromosome, highlighting how DNA is tightly packed around disc-shaped proteins to form the characteristic X-shaped figure seen during cell division. (Image: ...

Cell division is key for life ... This can, for example, cause errors in the separation of chromosomes that result in mitosis proceeding either more slowly or incorrectly, which, in turn, can ...

Research from Umeå University paves the way for a quantitative data analysis method to study the cell division process in ...

A decade earlier, my doctoral work had centered on trying to understand how chromosomes in normal cells are evenly distributed between the two daughter cells during mitosis. The process is so ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

These fibers attach to kinetochores—anchors that ensure chromosomes are evenly pulled apart during cell division—at the center of the dividing structures. Balanced tension ensures that the ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

Cell division is key for life ... This can, for example, cause errors in the separation of chromosomes that result in mitosis proceeding either more slowly or incorrectly, which, in turn, can ...

Moreover, their findings revealed that such damage can trigger rearrangements of chromosomes-hallmarks ... protecting our DNA from damage during cell division. By understanding how PICH works ...

A "pocket" on the protein cyclin B is responsible for ensuring that the steps of cell division take place in the correct order. Two studies by researchers at the University of Konstanz investigated ...

The nucleus of every human cell contains chromosomes—23 pairs ... Second, they increase the activity of the cell growth and division factor FOXM1. Thirdly, they lose certain parts of the ...