The cellular life cycle ... This universality of the cell cycle and its checkpoint controls allows scientists to use relatively simple model organisms to learn more about cell division in eukaryot ...

Mitosis is an important part of a cell's life cycle — but the rest of this cycle, collectively known as interphase, is hardly static. During interphase, the cell carries out the everyday ...

Lipids, or fats, are essential to life. They form the membranes ... with mycoplasma mycoides, a naturally simple pathogenic bacterium. Unlike most cells, mycoplasma cannot make its own lipids ...