Cell's check-point system may help with genome copying-collating during cell division
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have proposed a novel molecular mechanism for the living cell's remarkable ability to detect the alignment of replicated chromosomes on the mitotic spindle in the final phase of the cell division cycle. This checkpoint mechanism prevents mistakes in the cell division process that could damage dividing cells and the organism they inhabit.