Disrupted Division (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Disrupted Division

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In a dividing cell (above), tiny organs called peroxisomes (green) are evenly distributed in distinctive arcs. In cells lacking the protein Pex11b, peroxisomes are no longer allotted equally.

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Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University/Science

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