Human HeLa cancer cells, prometaphase

Human HeLa cancer cell in early anaphase of mitosis

Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

Human HeLa cancer cell chromosome rosettes

Human HeLa cancer cell in telophase of mitosis

Human HeLa cancer cell, apoptosis

Human HeLa cancer cells, cytokinesis

Human cells showing the stages of cell division starting with interphase at the top. Progressing down, the stages shown are: prophase, metaphase (chromosomes all attached and aligned), anaphase (chromosome separation)and telophase (formation of midbody and cells begin to flatten).

Human HeLa cancer cell in metaphase of mitosis

Human cancer cells in culture

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A deconvolved wide-field fluorescence microscope image of human HeLa cancer cells undergoing mitosis - various stages shown - bottom left, metaphase; top anaphase; bottom right telophase and far right early interphase. The chromosomes show up white with a DAPI stain. The cytoskeleton/spindle microtubules are blue/purple. The red is Aurora B, a protein kinase involved in the polymerisation/depolymerisation of microtubules during mitosis.

Human cell showing the nucleus in red and the tubulin component of the cytoskeleton in green. The blue staining is a single cytoplasmic protein.

Human cell showing nucleus and tubulin

A deconvolved wide-field fluorescence microscope image of human HeLa cancer cells undergoing cytokinesis (cell division). The red fluorescence is the microtubules of the cytoskeleton. The white is actin. The blue is DNA (DAPI stain). The green is Aurora B, a protein kinase involved in the polymerisation/depolymerisation of the microtubules during mitosis and cytokinesis. The yellow area is the overlap between the red and the green fluorescence.

A deconvolved wide-field fluorescence microscope image of human HeLa cancer cells in prometaphase of mitosis. The chromosomes are green (DAPI stain for DNA). The microtubules of the cytoskeleton/spindle are pink. The blue fluorescence is a cytoplasmic GTPase.

A deconvolved wide-field fluorescence microscope image of a human HeLa cancer cell undergoing aberrant mitosis - the spindle has three poles. The microtubules of the spindle show yellow. The purple is Aurora B, a protein kinase involved in the polymerisation/depolymerisation of the microtubules. The centromeres are blue.

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Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

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Human HeLa cancer cells, mitosis

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