Yet another critical cell cycle checkpoint takes place mid-mitosis. This check determines whether the chromosomes in the cell have properly attached to the spindle, or the network of microtubules ...

6) for MukB-mediated DNA condensation that was distinct from the prevailing ... This argues strongly that complete chromosome unlinking during the cell cycle is a combination of the action of Type I ...

Mitotic chromosome condensation is an essential process ... the absolute densities in cytoplasm and nucleoplasm in various cell cycle stages of human HCT116 cells and Indian Muntjac DM cells.

If cell division occurs with DNA that is almost two meters in length, there is the risk of damage or loss in genetic information. Therefore, the condensation of chromosomes is essential to accurately ...

Researchers sequencing the DNA of the blue-green algae Cyanothece 51142 found a linear chromosome harboring genes ... both physically within the cell and temporally, via night and day.

For the first time, scientists have directly observed events that lead to the formation of a chromosome abnormality ... the breaks happen during the cell division cycle. Cells have built-in ...

Healthy human cells have two (diploid) sets of chromosomes. However ... them immediately after they are formed in the first cell cycle." The researchers looked at these cells immediately after ...

The growth and division of a cell is orchestrated into a highly controlled and ordered process called the cell cycle ... DNA initially condenses to form chromosomes which are pulled apart by ...