Sentences with phrase «apart during cell division»
Centrioles act as anchors for the spindle apparatus, which pulls genetic material apart during cell division.
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Henikoff told Malik about his work with proteins — histones — that attach to the central regions of chromosomes — centromeres — during cell division, maintaining adhesion between chromosomes most of the time, but also playing a role when the chromosomes are pulled apart to prepare them for duplication.
The complexity of the 3 - D multicellular environment can be overwhelming, Betzig says, but the clarity of his team's imaging permits them to computationally «explode» apart the individual cells in tissue to focus on the dynamics within any particular one, such as the remodeling of internal organelles during cell division.
During cell division, the DNA is doubled, which requires the histones — as the current picture suggests — to break apart.