Schematic summarizing the formation of a contractile ring from actomyosin cables (red) by the SIN-dependent leading cable mechanism. The contribution of this mechanism to ring assembly becomes most ...

Cell division by cytokinesis completes the cell cycle for every cell. Cytokinesis in fungal, amoeboid and animal cells takes place in four steps (Fig. 1). The process begins when the cell marks the ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive –particularly for egg-laying ...

An international collaboration of researchers has revealed how epithelial cell extrusion is regulated by cell density, explains a new report. An international collaboration between scientists from the ...

An international collaboration between scientists from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Institut Jacques Monod and Université Paris Diderot, ...

Since the 1970s, it has been known that the contractile ring is made up of muscle-like actin and myosin -- contractile proteins that are involved a process in some ways similar to the muscle ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive – particularly for egg-laying ...

A zebrafish embryo during the first cell division cycle, with the structural protein actin labelled, which marks the cell boundary and ingressing furrow. The image shows a time course from dark orange ...