The orientation of cell division is tightly regulated to ensure proper tissue morphogenesis and to prevent cancerous growth. Cell division can be symmetric resulting in two equal daughter cells and ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the formation of the spindle, which is the molecular machine that divides up genetic material prior to cell division. Their work focuses on the motor protein, ...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified a signaling pathway that restricts cleavage furrow formation to the mid-plane of the cell. Cell division is a ...

Cambridge, Mass. - April 26, 2012 - The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to ...

The genomic stability of all eukaryotic organisms depends on the error-free segregation of chromosomes during mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. Polo-like kinases (Plks) are conserved regulators of ...

Researchers have identified a novel protein that plays a crucial role in the formation of the mitotic spindle, which is essential for correct segregation of a full set of chromosomes to each daughter ...