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[email protected] Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A formula for multiplying by two EMBL researchers identify a key mechanism in cell division Source article: Ran Induces Spindle Assembly by Reversing the Inhibitory Effect of Importin on TPX2 Activity Authors: Oliver J. Gruss, Rafael E. Carazo-Salas, Christoph A. Schatz, Giulia Guarguaglini, Jürgen Kast, Matthias Wilm, Nathalie Le Bot, Isabelle Vernos, Eric Karsenti, and Iain W. Mattaj Cell, Vol. 104, 83–93, January, 2001, Copyright © 2001 by Cell Press Scientific contact: Iain W. Mattaj, 49 6221 387 393 (phone), 49 6221 387 518 (fax),
[email protected] Note: Copyright for the text and images from this press release belong to the EMBL except where otherwise noted. They may be freely used and further distributed in if proper attribution to authors and photographers are made. Photographs may only be used in connection to the publication of this story. High-resolution copies of the images can be downloaded from the EMBL web site at: www.embl-heidelberg.de/ExternalInfo/oipa EMBL Press Release - Jan. 12, 2001 A formula EMBL researchers identify a for multiplying key mechanism by two in cell division Christoph Schatz and Oliver Gruss photo: Doug Young here are roughly 100 trillion (100,000,000,000,000) cells in each of our bodies, and every one was Tproduced by cell division: the initial fertilized egg split into two daughter cells and then the numbers grew, two by two.