Chromosome contacts. A wide range of animal (colored yellow on the evolutionary tree at center), plant (green) and fungal (blue) species package chromosomes inside the cell nucleus one of two ways ...

From the evidence of karyomeres in animal cells, the nucleus is regarded as a compound structure, and it was further suggested that the spindle is also compound, ...

It could be that cortical stress fibers protect the nucleus or aid the movement of the nucleus along with the rest of the cell body," adds Dr. Jaakko Lehtimaki who is the lead author of this study.

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel in Switzerland has succeeded in creating a direct path for artificial nanocontainers to enter into the nucleus of living cells. To this end ...

Duke University bioengineers have not only figured out a way to sneak molecular spies through the walls of individual cells, they can now slip them into the command center -- or nucleus -- of ...

Nitin said: “We’ve shown, inside live cells, that the nucleus is the pacemaker for cell division, allowing DNA replication to be precisely coordinated with division. Now that we know where the process ...

In particular, the viscosity of the nucleoplasm, or thickness of the solution inside the cell nucleus, ... Tiny component of cells indicates size of overall animal. Feb 1, 2017.

New research from Professor Guillermo Ameer’s team shows how a shape change of a cell’s nucleus can trigger regenerative ...