{"id":217475,"date":"2025-07-09T18:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/a-molecular-switch-packs-dna-on-time-for-cell-division"},"modified":"2025-07-09T18:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:03:32","slug":"a-molecular-switch-packs-dna-on-time-for-cell-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/a-molecular-switch-packs-dna-on-time-for-cell-division","title":{"rendered":"A molecular switch packs DNA on time for cell division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-molecular-switch-packs-dna-on-time-for-cell-division.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell\u2019s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to be passed on to the next generation, DNA must be packed particularly tightly, or else serious consequences for a cell\u2019s viability might ensue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell\u2019s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to be passed on to the next generation, DNA must be packed particularly tightly, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}