Researchers have made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure that is involved in ensuring that chromosomes are segregated properly when a cell divides. Mistakes in ...

For a living cell to divide successfully, each daughter cell must inherit the correct genetic material. In eukaryotes, segregation of duplicated chromosomes is performed by the mitotic spindle, a ...

Researchers from the Kops group in collaboration with researchers from the University of Edinburgh, made a surprising new discovery in the structure of the centromere, a structure that is involved in ...

Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly created daughter cells. Although this is known to be ...

Chromosomes contains all genome information. During mitosis spindles attach a special structure of chromosome, which is called "centromere." In this study, we clarified how centromeres are formed on ...

Numerous errors in chromosome segregation during cell division can lead to the formation of micronuclei, even if there isn’t actual mis-segregation of the chromosomes. These events are not mutually ...

Halving of chromosomes occurs during meiosis, a special cell division, but failure leads to the wrong number of chromosomes in the eggs/sperm/pollen, that may cause miscarriages or rare genetic ...

The exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the early formation of sperm and egg cells normally is limited to assure fertility. But when there are too many of these genetic exchanges, called ...

Trabectedin in advanced retroperitoneal well differentiated/dedifferentiated liposarcoma and leiomyosarcoma (TRAVELL): Results of a phase 2 study from Italian sarcoma ...

A research team led by Dr Karen Wing Yee YUEN, Associate Professor from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), revealed the mechanism of artificial chromosome (AC) ...