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The checkpoint brake relieved

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  • Jan-Michael Peters

    (Jan-Michael Peters is at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna, Austria. peters@imp.univie.ac.at)

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When a cell divides, each daughter cell inherits a complete set of chromosomes. A sophisticated inhibitory mechanism delays chromosome segregation and cell division until everything is in its place.

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  • Jan-Michael Peters, 2007. "The checkpoint brake relieved," Nature, Nature, vol. 446(7138), pages 868-869, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:446:y:2007:i:7138:d:10.1038_446868a
    DOI: 10.1038/446868a
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