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 ...

At the onset of mitosis, cells undergo massive cytoskeleton rearrangements that allow subsequent assembly of a bipolar mitotic spindle, accurate segregation of chromosomes and completion of ...

The accurate segregation of chromosomes in mitosis requires the stable attachment of microtubules to kinetochores. The details of this complex and dynamic process are poorly understood. In this study, ...

Histones are the fundamental components of the nucleosome. Physiologically relevant variation is introduced into this structure through chromatin remodeling, addition of covalent modifications, or ...

C.L. (J.H.H. 942087) was born on October 1. 1957, prematurely, weighing 1.9 kg. (4 pounds, 5 ounces). The father was 40, and the mother 39 years old at that time. The mother's 1st pregnancy terminated ...

The tissue-culture method used was based on a previously reported technic devised for the study of cervical epithelium. 11 Excised human ovarian cystic teratomas were taken to the laboratory and ...