Cell Research: One Becomes Two In 20 Minutes

Symmetry is a fundamental characteristic of most multi-cell animals. However, the cell division of embryonic cells is asymmetric. A team led by Prof. Dr. Esther Zanin at the Department of Biology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a working model that explains the molecular mechanism with which the protein anillin controls asymmetry during the constriction of…

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