Cell division is orchestrated not only by biochemical signals but also by tightly regulated mechanical changes. As cells enter mitosis they disassemble adhesion complexes, remodel the actomyosin ...

Bursts of cell proliferation after infection, injury or transformation can coincide with DNA damage and spindle assembly defects. These increase the risk of cell cycle arrest in mitosis, during which ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the 'pacemaker' controlling yeast cell division lies inside the nucleus rather than outside it, as previously thought. Having the pacemaker ...

Viruses insert “transposable elements” into the genetic material of host cells to replicate. While cells’ defense mechanisms have learned to silence most of these viral insertions, a few “jumping ...