Chromosomes (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Chromosomes

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When mice were given the drug doxycycline (+Dox), their levels of the protein Plk4 increased, causing too many centrioles to form (pink). The extra centrioles made it hard for the cells to divide efficiently and properly separate their chromosomes (blue).

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Michelle Levine

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