Discovery of cell division 'master controller' may improve understanding and treatment of cancer

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

In a study to be published in the journal Nature, two Dartmouth researchers have found that the protein cyclin A plays an important but previously unknown role in the cell division process, acting as a master controller to ensure the faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell division.

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