Sentences with phrase «of cellular division»

Some of these possible animal embryos apparently record the early stage of cellular division.

There are also putative bilateral animal embryos, some of which appear to be in an early stage of cellular division.

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Mitochondria, specialized organelles found in nearly every cell of the body, use cellular respiration to generate one of the most important sources of chemical energy — adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a versatile nucleotide that powers everything from cell division to cell signaling to transportation of large molecules across the cell membrane.

A combination of circumstances induced me to leave India and enroll in the graduate program in what was then the department of cellular and developmental biology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, in the U.S. My Ph.D. supervisor, Neil Mendelson, had been a well - known name in DNA replication and cell division in Bacillus subtilis, but by the time I had joined his lab, his interest had decidedly shifted to cell shape determination.

These long - lived worms had mutations that decreased the production of a protein known as insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF - 1), which helps drive cellular growth and division.

Analysis of the tumor genes affected by the two drugs revealed that cabazitaxel had a greater effect on cellular division and regulation of chromatin — a spool for DNA that helps control which genes are in use and when — whereas docetaxel has a greater impact on DNA transcription and repair.

The laboratory of Marcos Malumbres, who is head of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre's (CNIO) Cell Division & Cancer Group, working alongside Isabel Fariñas» team from the University of Valencia, shows, in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, how in mice the elimination of the Cdh1 protein — a sub-unit of the APC / C complex, involved in the control of cell division — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividinDivision & Cancer Group, working alongside Isabel Fariñas» team from the University of Valencia, shows, in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, how in mice the elimination of the Cdh1 protein — a sub-unit of the APC / C complex, involved in the control of cell division — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividindivision — prevents cellular proliferation of rapidly dividing cells.

It thus seems quite likely that this new signaling path also links the performance of the cellular power plants and cell division in human cells,» says Meisinger, who now plans to analyze these mechanisms in tumor tissues.

We can use the larger number of 2 - D images to derive semi-3-D information about cellular processes such as division and organelle formation.»

Made of polymers in dynamic assembly and constantly constructing and deconstructing itself, it affects numerous cellular processes such as intracellular movement, division and transport.

The team of researchers uncovered the molecular basis of the interaction between these proteins, and how TACC3 recruits chTOG to the microtubules during cellular division.

«We also managed to confirm observations from previous microscopy studies that suggested that cellular regeneration shares similarities with the process of cell division.

The authors uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms, as well as the gene network regulated by Sox9 during the early steps of skin tumor initiation and demonstrates that Sox9 controls the long term maintenance and expansion of oncogene expressing cells by promoting self - renewing division and inhibiting differentiation.

The DNA vital to the life of a cell is packaged in chromosomes, and a variety of checkpoints, repair mechanisms, and other cellular safeguards exist to maintain the integrity of the chromosomes during cell growth and division.

This obligate arrangement - in which one partner relinquishes its own mitochondrial power supply to likely become reliant on its partner for cellular energy - suggests a genetic division of labor that makes the resulting lichen more efficient, Tripp said, thereby perhaps conferring an ecological advantage.

It is also a prime regulator of cellular metabolism and division in organisms as diverse as worms and humans.

Tweardy is division head of internal medicine and a professor of infectious diseases and molecular and cellular oncology at MD Anderson.

The study is the first to reveal in extreme detail the operation of the biochemical clockwork that drives cellular division in bacteria and could inform efforts to develop drugs that combat antibiotic - resistant bacteria.

The consistent segregation of these regions, in the same way in every cell, suggests that these processes could drive chromosome and genome folding and thus regulate important cellular events such as DNA replication and cell division.

The BrdU staining (AP - BrdU assay) procedure was carried out to demonstrate cellular division at the periphery of the corneal endothelium.

Figure 1: FGFR - TACC fusion protein disrupts cellular division (mitosis) by localizing aberrantly at the mid-body of dividing cells.

SEAS researchers have found that these pink - hued archaea — called Halobacterium salinarum — use the same mechanisms to maintain size as bacteria and eukaryotic life, indicting that cellular division strategy may be shared across all domains of life.

The researchers discovered that the protein produced by FGFR - TACC acts by disrupting the mitotic spindle, the cellular structure that guides mitosis (the division of a cell into two identical daughter cells).

When mutations do arise and cancer ensues, traditional chemotherapies have taken advantage of the universally - dividing behavior of cancer cells, attacking the cellular machinery necessary for division.

This small set of dynamic protein polymer systems underpins the establishment and remodelling of long range cellular order, cell polarity, shape and division, and plays a critical role in control of the dynamic organisation of the internal membrane - bound compartments that distinguish eukaryotes from their prokaryotic ancestors.

The efficient compaction of DNA during cellular division ensures equal distribution of DNA into daughter cells and prevents aneuploidy, which has been implicated as a major driver of tumor development.

Many of the deadliest diseases, such as cancer, are the result of uncontrolled cellular division.

Established more than 50 years ago, BSRI, a research division of Blood Systems, has become a world - renowned institute engaged in research ranging from blood donor epidemiology to cellular therapy to virus discovery.

from cell adhesion to cell migration and polarity: the division's mission is the comprehension of pathological phenomena at a cellular and molecular level, fundamental to cure disease and foster biotechnology research.

Our goal is to determine if epithelial cells migrate passively because of the pushing force generated by cell division in the crypts, actively using specialized cellular protrusions or if they are transported by underlying fibroblasts and basement membrane (BM).

Something as radical as making inanimate objects move isn't easy, but many researchers believe that commanding shape change will be invaluable as technology aids and replaces human functions: «Maybe every essential process of life is based on shape transformation: cellular division, the beating of a heart, embryogenesis,» says Nathalie Katsonis, a materials scientist at the University of Twente.

The cytoplasm is the site of important cellular activities, including cell division, many metabolic processes and protein degradation.

All of this suggests that alterations to the isoform expression patterns of p63 positively or negatively regulate cellular growth and division [35,42].

The Biophysics Division at the Department of Biology of the University of Osnabrück promotes research and teaching in molecular and cellular biophysics.

Studies cover a breadth of topics ranging from single molecules (molecular motors, DNA - protein interactions, membrane proteins) to cellular functions (cell adhesion, cell division, cell motility, intracellular transport) and the collective behaviour of cells in tissues and organisms (wound healing, morphogenesis).

Magnesium is mitogenic (causes cell division) in osteoblasts (the major cellular component of bone) and magnesium depletion inhibits cellular growth.

Cancer can often be a process of uncontrolled cellular division.

This is a very important finding as cancer cells are driven by very fast and out of control cellular division.

Between successive cell divisions, cells grow through the functioning of cellular metabolism.

NASA recently accepted a research proposal to study this topic further, but Dr. David Zawieja, the author of the study and the director of the Division of Lymphatic Biology at Texas A&M, admits the cellular mechanisms regulating the lymphatic contractions are still unknown.

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Qualcomm owns multiple intellectual properties for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (ODFMA)-- both of which are used in cellular wireless communications.

In the case of malignant tumors, like adinocarcinomas, surgical operation is very tough, laborious, and is usually not effective as the cellular division is rapid, non specific and may spread to other organs such as the liver, intestines, lungs and surrounding abdominal and thoracic lymph nodes.

Trained as an actress, singer, and painter, Louise Nevelson experienced a major turning point at Christmas 1957, when she received a case of liquor as a gift and realized that «the crate, with its cellular divisions... was in itself a sculpture.»

Bitumen (1986) is a work from the first decade of his career, when Winters was exploring such basic natural processes as crystal formation, fungal growth, and (as in this oil on linen painting) cellular division and was equally immersed in the natural history of painting itself.