The Rockefeller University

Kresti Pecani
Research Assistant
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Kristi Lieberman
Laboratory Assistant
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Amy Ikui
Visiting Professor

Beth Anne Hatton
Administrator
hattonb@rockfeller.edu

News

A central clock runs the cell division cycle

May 4, 2016

Each time a cell divides, it replicates its DNA once, then separates the two copies from each other and splits into two daughter cells. The event is intricately coordinated and was long known to be under the influence of cyclins—an aptly named group of proteins whose levels go up and…...