News tagged with mitosis
Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?
Jun 09, 2009 |
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No human is a clone of their parents but the same cannot be said for other living things. While your DNA is a combination of half your mother and half your father, other species do things differently. The advantage of clonal ...
'Birth control' for centrioles
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Like DNA, centrioles need to duplicate only once per cell cycle. Rogers et al. uncover a long-sought mechanism that limits centriole copying, showing that it depends on the timely demolition of a protein that ...
Aurora B answers an XIST-ential question
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Early in development, mammalian female cells counteract their double dose of X chromosomes by coating one of them with a large RNA named XIST. The RNA binds to the same X chromosome from which it is transcribed ...
Researchers determine the composition of centromeric chromatin
Sep 28, 2009 |
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The Stowers Institute's Gerton Lab has provided new evidence to clarify the structure of nucleosomes containing Cse4, a centromere-specific histone protein required for proper kinetochore function, which plays a critical ...
Death, division or cancer? Newly discovered checkpoint process holds the line in cell division
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it ...
