The orchestration of cell division requires a programme of events choreographed by protein modification. A study shows that the relative activity of a phosphatase enzyme towards its substrates imposes order during the final act of division.
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Wittenberg, C. A division duet. Nature 481, 273–274 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10828
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