Fatal error (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Fatal error

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The failure of the repair enzyme SPRTN in these cultured cells leads to fatal errors in cell division, e.g. by distributing the chromosomes (red) to three daughter cell nuclei instead of two (arrow). Green: Cell division apparatus/cytoskeleton.

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Institute of Biochemistry II, Goethe University Frankfurt

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