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Molecule Tracking Reveals Mechanism of Chromosome Separation in Dividing Cells

Single molecule tracking helps reveal mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Washington (UW) researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division. The apparatus is called a spindle ...


Scientists probe mechanism of asymmetry in meiotic cell division

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created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Stowers Institute's Rong Li Lab has characterized a mechanism that allows for asymmetrical cell division during meiosis in oocytes. By tracking chromosome movement in live mouse oocytes, the team discovered that chromosomes ...





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Researchers characterize novel regulator of chromosome function

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Stowers Institute's Workman Lab has shed new light on a novel histone acetyltransferase protein complex called ATAC. Acetyltransferases are enzymes that introduce a new acetyl functional group into histone proteins, a ...


Researchers discover mechanism that prevents two species from reproducing

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cornell researchers have discovered a genetic mechanism in fruit flies that prevents two closely related species from reproducing, a finding that offers clues to how species evolve.


Dartmouth researchers find new protein function

Dartmouth researchers find new protein function

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...


Double success for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists working on chromosome segregation

Portuguese scientists working on chromosome segregation

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lars Jansen's work on the formation of the centromere, a key cellular structure in powering and controlling chromosome segregation and accurate cell division, has just earned him a paper in Nature Cell Bi ...


How cells handle broken chromosomes

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created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After being recognized and initially processed by the cellular machinery, the broken chromosome is extensively scanned for homology and the break itself is later tethered to the nuclear envelope. Thus the ...


Genome sequence for the domestic horse to be unveiled

Genome sequence for the domestic horse unveiled

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that ...


Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane

Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Meiosis - the pairing and recombination of chromosomes, followed by segregation of half to each egg or sperm cell - is a major crossroads in all organisms reproducing sexually. Yet, how the ...


Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration

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created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization.


Study yields secrets of chromosome movement

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 15, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have used the lowly yeast to gain insights into how a dividing human cell ensures that an identical set of chromosomes gets passed on to each new daughter cell. Errors ...


Blood test predicts chance of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Belgium) researchers connected to the Born-Bunge Institute and the University of Antwerp discovered the amount of growth factor progranulin in blood is a predictor of Frontotemporal ...



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