When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to be passed on to the next generation, DNA must be packed particularly tightly. (AI-generated Image) view more Credit: MPI ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the "pacemaker" controlling yeast cell division lies inside the nucleus rather than outside it, as previously thought. Having the ...

New genes, old job: Recently evolved genes play key role in cell division, study finds by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne ...

Once thought to be a characteristic of stem cells, this work has suggested that asymmetric cell division plays an important role in the formation of different tissues and organs. The research has ...

Contrary to what textbooks have claimed for over a century, cell division does not always follow the same pattern. Researchers have just demonstrated that cells can divide asymmetrically, overturning ...

Cell division allows a single fertilized egg to develop into a living being, our skin to renew itself, and wounds to heal. Before each cell division, termed mitosis, the genetic information must first ...

When a cell divides, the double helix of DNA is divided, as well. Centromeres coordinate the precise, nearly perfect matchmaking of the separated strands with their associated enzymes in each new ...

Yet, despite its critical importance, the exact mechanisms governing how cells reorganize their insides during cell division have remained a mystery.

Researchers charted a molecular pathway that can lure cells down a hazardous path of duplicating their genome too many times.

Researchers have discovered that how a special protein complex called the Mediator moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide. The discovery may be important for future research ...

Proteins let cells remember how well their last division went Scientists find a "mitotic stopwatch" that lets individual cells remember something.