Cell division, the basic means by which genetic information is passed from generation to generation, involves tightly coordinated movements of a cell's DNA. This page describes the major phases of ...

Mitosis is conventionally divided into five stages known as prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. While mitosis is taking place, there is no cell growth and all of the ...

A study in Nature Communications shows how scientists can control cell division on demand outside of a living system. The ...

Metaphase Chromosomes and their copies line up in the middle of the cell. Anaphase Chromosomes and their copies are pulled to different ends of the cell. Telophase New membranes form around the ...

A living cell is a bustling metropolis, with countless molecules and proteins navigating crowded spaces in every direction.

For instance, acute inhibition of Plk1 at anaphase onset revealed its essential requirement for targeting the RhoGEF Ect2 to the central spindle, activating the RhoA GTPase at the cell equator, and ...

My research focuses on the segregation of chromosomes during cell division. Chromosomes are the bodies that contain our DNA and it’s critical that each cell has the correct DNA in the correct quantity ...

This valuable study uses robust time-dependent microscopy assays to show that during HIV-1 infection, the viral accessory protein Vif causes cell cycle arrest during metaphase and not G2/M as ...

The discovery of a molecular process that slows down cell division could provide new understanding about how some cancers develop. J. Maciejowski, H. Dreschler, K ...