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Sunday 13 July 2003

mitosis

Images

 in a glandular epithelium

 in epidermis

 numerous atypical mitoses

Pathology

 abnormal mitosis / abnormal mitoses
 quantitative variations

  • no mitosis
  • low mitotic activity
  • moderate mitotic activity
  • high mitotic activity

See also

 mitotic spindle
 centrosomes
 cell cycle
 mitosis anomalies

Videos

 animal cell division

 plant cell division

 mitosis

References

 Mechanisms of chromosome behaviour during mitosis. Walczak CE, Cai S, Khodjakov A. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Feb;11(2):91-102. PMID: 20068571

 Sullivan M, Morgan DO. Finishing mitosis, one step at a time.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Nov;8(11):894-903. PMID: 17912263

 Pines J. Mitosis: a matter of getting rid of the right protein at the right time. Trends Cell Biol. 2006 Jan;16(1):55-63. PMID: 16337124

 Moore A, Wordeman L. The mechanism, function and regulation of depolymerizing kinesins during mitosis. Trends Cell Biol. 2004 Oct;14(10):537-46. PMID: 15450976

 O’Connell MJ, Krien MJ, Hunter T. Never say never. The NIMA-related protein kinases in mitotic control. Trends Cell Biol. 2003 May;13(5):221-8. PMID: 12742165

 O’Farrell PH. Triggering the all-or-nothing switch into mitosis. Trends Cell Biol. 2001 Dec;11(12):512-9. PMID: 11719058

 Adams RR, Carmena M, Earnshaw WC. Chromosomal passengers and the (aurora) ABCs of mitosis. Trends Cell Biol. 2001 Feb;11(2):49-54. PMID: 11166196

 Gardner RD, Burke DJ. The spindle checkpoint: two transitions, two pathways. Trends Cell Biol. 2000 Apr;10(4):154-8. PMID: 10740270