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SUBMITTER: Rai A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rai Alin A Greening David W DW Xu Rong R Chen Maoshan M Suwakulsiri Wittaya W Simpson Richard J RJ
Communications biology 20210325 1
During the final stages of cell division, newly-formed daughter cells remain connected by a thin intercellular bridge containing the midbody (MB), a microtubule-rich organelle responsible for cytokinetic abscission. Following cell division the MB is asymmetrically inherited by one daughter cell where it persists as a midbody remnant (MB-R). Accumulating evidence shows MB-Rs are secreted (sMB-Rs) into the extracellular medium and engulfed by neighbouring non-sister cells. While much is known abou ...[more]