Guides: BIOL 1710: Biology for Science Majors I: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Reference: Van den Boom (2007) J. Cell Biol. 178:913-924. Published on: September 4, 2007. Doi: 10.1083/jcb.200702058.

This section is about mitosis and its regulation in the cell.

Mitosis in the News

Bioengineers Discover Single Cancer Cell Can Produce up to Five Daughter Cells
UCLA researchers have discovered that cancer cells cultured in a restricted space have abnormal mitosis and produce multiple daughter cells. A 2012 article from Science Daily.
Scientists Identify Genes Involved in Cell Division in Humans
600 genes are involved in mitosis in human cells! Find out scientists determined the number in this 2010 article in ScienceDaily.com.
DNA Replication Protein Also Has a Role in Mitosis, Cancer
Researchers at UNC have discovered a new function for a known DNA replication protein. Find out what it does during the M phase of the cell cycle in this 2012 article from ScienceDaily.com.

Mitosis in Media

Mitosis
Need help getting the stages of mitosis and the cell cycle straight? This 6:11 minute animation of mitosis and the cell cycle from North Dakota State University Virtual Cell will make it all clear as day.
Chromatin Shapes the Mitotic Spindle
Dr. Francois Nedelec explains the experiment his lab did to test whether whether chromatin affects the formation of the mitotic spindle. A 2:55 minute YouTube video from Cell Press.
Cytokinesis in Animal and Plant Cells
Find out how cytokinesis differs in animal and plant cells in this 3:48 minute YouTube video from Great Pacific Media.
DNA Replication
A 2:05 minute video from Garland Science. The bean-looking objects are single strand binding proteins.

Erin's Favorite Mitosis Video

Grumpy Cat

I admit it; I made this - Erin

Mitosis in the African Globe Lily

Prophase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

More public domain photographs are available at The Cell: An Image Library.

Credit: De Mey J, Lambert AM, Bajer AS, Moeremans M, De Brabander M. Visualization of microtubules in interphase and mitotic plant cells of Haemanthus endosperm with the immuno-gold staining method. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 79:1898-902.

BIOL 1710: Biology for Science Majors I: Cell Cycle and Mitosis