mitosis
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In their new study, the MIT team found that during mitosis, microcompartments are more likely to be found near the genes that spike during cell division.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025
Many of these loops allow genes to interact with distant regulatory regions -- sometimes millions of base pairs apart -- while others form during mitosis to pack chromosomes tightly.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025
Using a powerful, high-resolution genome mapping method, the team found that small 3D loops -- connections between regulatory DNA elements and genes -- remain intact even during cell division, a stage known as mitosis.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025
To explore this, they decided to examine what happens to these structures as cells go through mitosis.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025
Anything that disturbs mitosis is therefore a grave threat to the welfare of the organism affected and to its descendants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
