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It takes three to find the exit

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Mitotic cell division separates chromosome pairs into two genetically identical daughter cells. A study in fission yeast reveals that this separation is guided by the sequential activation of three phosphatase enzymes. See Letter p.94

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Figure 1: A mitotic enzyme relay.

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  1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Mathieu Bollen is in the Laboratory of Biosignaling and Therapeutics, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.,

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Bollen, M. It takes three to find the exit. Nature 517, 29–30 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14080

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