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ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Degrading proteins to divide cells

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:12 AM PDT

Scientists have identified the main instrument that Drosophila cells use to define the identity and function of the centromere in the Drosophila. A finely tuned process of degradation tightly regulates CenH3 protein levels to ensure the correct function of the cell division machinery in the fruit fly.

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