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Biologists Discover How Biological Clock Controls Cell Division in Bacteria

New research provides important clues to how the biological clocks of bacteria and other "prokaryotic" cells. A team of biologists has unraveled the biochemistry of how bacteria so precisely time cell division, a key element in understanding how all organisms from bacteria to humans use their biological clocks to control basic cellular functions. More

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