Researchers have identified a signaling pathway that restricts cleavage furrow formation to the mid-plane of the cell. Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified ...

The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to researchers at the Harvard School of ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the formation of the spindle, which is the molecular machine that divides up genetic material prior to cell division. Their work focuses on the motor protein, ...

The orientation of cell division is tightly regulated to ensure proper tissue morphogenesis and to prevent cancerous growth. Cell division can be symmetric resulting in two equal daughter cells and ...

The findings shed light on the mechanisms behind "self-organization" - an essential characteristic of biological structures. Organisms are composed of a variety of structures including muscles, ...

The placenta is unique in its ability to proliferate and invade into another tissue in a controlled fashion leading to the implantation and the survival of the conceptus. Thus, trophoblast cells, ...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified a signaling pathway that restricts cleavage furrow formation to the mid-plane of the cell. Cell division is a ...