title: Cell differentiation: midbody remnants - junk or fate factors?
abstract: The midbody is an electron-dense structure that forms between two dividing daughter cells, and a midbody remnant is left after completion of cell separation. This structure has been regarded as a piece of cellular debris, but two recent papers suggest an unexpected function for the midbody remnant in promoting an undifferentiated cellular phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Kay O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Schink
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stenmark
mesh_terms: D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins