Cell biologists identify new protein key to asymmetric cell division
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Biologists have identified a new molecular player in asymmetric cell division, a regulatory protein named She1 whose role in chromosome- and spindle positioning wasn't known before. Asymmetric cell division is important in the self-renewal of stem cells and because it ensures that daughter cells have different fates and functions.