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Cellularization: Compartmentalizing a sphere deep into its center
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Current Biology : CB
|January 20, 2026
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How do organisms partition a multinucleated compartment into individual cells, each enclosing a single nucleus? While the best-studied organisms form orderly surface monolayers, a new report now describes the process of cellularization deep into the chytrid sporangium.
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