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Review
. 2014 Dec 8;31(5):525-38.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.11.006.

Cytokinetic abscission: molecular mechanisms and temporal control

Beata Mierzwa  1 , Daniel W Gerlich  2
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Cytokinetic abscission: molecular mechanisms and temporal control

Beata Mierzwa et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

Cytokinesis mediates the physical separation of dividing cells after chromosome segregation. In animal cell cytokinesis, a contractile ring, mainly composed of actin and myosin filaments, ingresses a cleavage furrow midway between the two spindle poles. A distinct machinery, involving the endosomal sorting complex required for transport III (ESCRT-III), subsequently splits the plasma membrane of nascent daughter cells in a process termed abscission. Here, we provide a brief overview of early cytokinesis events in animal cells and then cover in depth recently emerging models for the assembly and function of the abscission machinery and its temporal coordination with chromosome segregation.

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