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CYTOKINESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organic process consisting of the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following karyokinesis bringing about the separation into two daughter cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("cytokinesis" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Holonyms ("cytokinesis" is a part of...):

meiosis; miosis; reduction division ((genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants))

mitosis (cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes)

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This gene is involved in both cytoskeleton modeling and cytokinesis.

(MYH9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in cytokinesis.

(ANLN Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dedicator of cytokinesis protein 1 (1865 aa, ~215 kDa) is encoded by the human DOCK1 gene.

(Dedicator of Cytokinesis Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Survivin-like BIRPs regulate cytokinesis and mitotic spindle formation.

(BIR Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of cell cycle progression, protein phosphorylation, cytokinesis and apoptosis.

(Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 11B, NCI Thesaurus)

BAIAP2 also associates with a downstream effector of Rho small G proteins, which is associated with the formation of stress fibers and cytokinesis.

(BAI1-Associated Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

The M stage stands for "mitosis", and is when nuclear (chromosomes separate) and cytoplasmic (cytokinesis) division occur.

(Cell Cycle Process, NCI Thesaurus)

BI 2536 binds to and inhibits Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1), resulting in mitotic arrest, disruption of cytokinesis, and apoptosis in susceptible tumor cell populations.

(BI 2536, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both cell cycle progression and cytokinesis.

(Centriolin, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes centrosomal protein of 55 kDa, plays a role in mitotic exit and cytokinesis.

(CEP55 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)