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ArticleNature communications2019

Asymmetric division events promote variability in cell cycle duration in animal cells and Escherichia coli.

Ulrich Berge, Daria Bochenek, Ralf Schnabel, Arne Wehling, Timm Schroeder, Tanja Stadler, Ruth Kroschewski

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ulrich BergeInstitute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7624-2426
Daria BochenekInstitute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
Ralf SchnabelInstitute of Genetics, Technical University Braunschweig, 38092, Braunschweig, Germany.
Arne WehlingDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
Timm SchroederDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
Tanja StadlerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.
Ruth KroschewskiInstitute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland. Ruth.Kroschewski@bc.biol.ethz.ch.
ETH Zurich · CHSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHTechnische Universität Braunschweig · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asymmetric cell division is a major mechanism generating cell diversity. As cell cycle duration varies among cells in mammalian tissue culture cells, we asked whether their division asymmetry contributes to this variability. We identify among sibling cells an outlier using hierarchical clustering on cell cycle durations of granddaughter cells obtained by lineage tracking of single histone2B-labelled MDCKs. Remarkably, divisions involving outlier cells are not uniformly distributed in lineages, as shown by permutation tests, but appear to emerge from asymmetric divisions taking place at non-stochastic levels: a parent cell influences with 95% confidence and 0.5% error the unequal partitioning of the cell cycle duration in its two progenies. Upon ninein downregulation, this variability propagation is lost, and outlier frequency and variability in cell cycle durations in lineages is reduced. As external influences are not detectable, we propose that a cell-autonomous process, possibly involved in cell specialisation, determines cell cycle duration variability.

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Asymmetric Cell DivisionAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineageCell TrackingCytoskeletal ProteinsDogsEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGenes, ReporterHistonesLuminescent ProteinsMadin Darby Canine Kidney CellsModels, BiologicalNuclear ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsHistonesLuminescent ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteinsyellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria

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PMID31015409
PMCPMC6478688
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