Chromosome Instability – Asian Scientist Magazine

chromosome instability

Why A Pair Of Genes Is Just Right For Cells

Haploid and tetraploid cells under- or over-produce centrosomes and microtubules respectively, leading to instability during cell division.

About one third of acute myeloid leukemia cases have normal-looking chromosomes due to a mutation in a protein known as nucleophosmin.

Single-stranded DNA needs to first be returned to the double-helix structure before it can be densely packed into chromosomes, researchers say.

Serjeg Flach, Myung Kyungjae and Cho Minhaeng have been selected as research directors for IBS' new research centers.

By exploiting the metabolic changes of cancer cells, researchers hope to develop more specific anti-cancer treatments.

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