different between mitosis vs centralspindlin

English

Etymology

From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek ????? (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ma??to?s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

mitosis (countable and uncountable, plural mitoses)

1. (cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.

Synonyms

• karyokinesis
• karyomitosis

Meronyms

• prophase
• metaphase
• anaphase
• telophase

Derived terms

• mitotic
• mitotically
• transmitosis

Translations

See also

• meiosis

Spanish

Noun

mitosis f (plural mitosis)

1. (cytology) mitosis

English

Etymology

central spindle +? -in. Coined by the Glotzer et al. research group at the University of Vienna no later than 2001.[1]

Noun

centralspindlin

1. (cytology, biochemistry) A protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis