Research report 2006 - Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society

How cells recognize and correct errors during cell division

Authors
Hauf, Silke
Departments

Molekulare Mechanismen der Chromosomensegregation (Dr. Silke Hauf)
Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratorium für biologische Arbeitsgruppen in der MPG, Tübingen

Summary
When cells divide, the genomic information is duplicated and becomes symmetrically distributed to the daughter cells during division. Errors in the distribution of the genomic DNA can lead to cell death or promote tumor growth. Researchers at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory use yeast to examine how cells ensure the extremely low error rate in the distribution of the genomic information.

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