28 January 2025
Keeping Stem
Division of stem cells results in a daughter with the capacity to self-renew and one that goes on to become a maturing cell type. As a model of this asymmetric division, researchers look at female fruit fly germline stem cell development. This study discovers the importance of a protein called emerin in the preservation of stem cells during such division as it regulates a key structure of the division machinery, the centrosome
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Image captured with Leica Microsystems microscopy
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