Sentences with phrase «breaks during cell division»

First, they determined how repair proteins failed to recognize and act on chromosome breaks during cell division.

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For proteins in the cytosol, the liquid inside the cell, these random molecular processes include differences in the break - down of proteins, or random partitioning into the two cells that form during cell division.

The scientists involved with this study were able to demonstrate that translocations can occur within hours of DNA breaks and that their formation is independent of when the breaks happen during the cell division cycle.

The de-repressed satellite RNAs induced damage to the chromosomes by fusing them inappropriately and breaking them in what is called genomic instability, a catastrophic event for the cell during cell division, which can lead to cancer.

During cell division, the DNA is doubled, which requires the histones — as the current picture suggests — to break apart.