Isolation and characterization of fission yeast mutants defective in the assembly and placement of the contractile actin ring

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				K. Skoumpla, A. T. Coulton, W. Lehman, M. A. Geeves, and D. P. Mulvihill Acetylation regulates tropomyosin function in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe J. Cell Sci., May 1, 2007; 120(9): 1635 - 1645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Celton-Morizur, V. Racine, J.-B. Sibarita, and A. Paoletti Pom1 kinase links division plane position to cell polarity by regulating Mid1p cortical distribution J. Cell Sci., November 15, 2006; 119(22): 4710 - 4718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				V. Wachtler, Y. Huang, J. Karagiannis, and M. K. Balasubramanian Cell Cycle-dependent Roles for the FCH-Domain Protein Cdc15p in Formation of the Actomyosin Ring in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mol. Biol. Cell, July 1, 2006; 17(7): 3254 - 3266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Nakano and I. Mabuchi Actin-depolymerizing Protein Adf1 Is Required for Formation and Maintenance of the Contractile Ring during Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast Mol. Biol. Cell, April 1, 2006; 17(4): 1933 - 1945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y. Gachet and J. S. Hyams Endocytosis in fission yeast is spatially associated with the actin cytoskeleton during polarised cell growth and cytokinesis J. Cell Sci., September 15, 2005; 118(18): 4231 - 4242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				W. Ge, T. G. Chew, V. Wachtler, S. N. Naqvi, and M. K. Balasubramanian The Novel Fission Yeast Protein Pal1p Interacts with Hip1-related Sla2p/End4p and Is Involved in Cellular Morphogenesis Mol. Biol. Cell, September 1, 2005; 16(9): 4124 - 4138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Bimbo, J. Liu, and M. K. Balasubramanian Roles of Pdk1p, a Fission Yeast Protein Related to Phosphoinositide-dependent Protein Kinase, in the Regulation of Mitosis and Cytokinesis Mol. Biol. Cell, July 1, 2005; 16(7): 3162 - 3175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. R. Daga and F. Chang Dynamic positioning of the fission yeast cell division plane PNAS, June 7, 2005; 102(23): 8228 - 8232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				I. Samejima, P. C. C. Lourenco, H. A. Snaith, and K. E. Sawin Fission Yeast mto2p Regulates Microtubule Nucleation by the Centrosomin-related Protein mto1p Mol. Biol. Cell, June 1, 2005; 16(6): 3040 - 3051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Mishra, V. M. D'souza, K. C. Chang, Y. Huang, and M. K. Balasubramanian Hsp90 Protein in Fission Yeast Swo1p and UCS Protein Rng3p Facilitate Myosin II Assembly and Function Eukaryot. Cell, March 1, 2005; 4(3): 567 - 576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. C. G. Cortes, E. Carnero, J. Ishiguro, Y. Sanchez, A. Duran, and J. C. Ribas The novel fission yeast (1,3){beta}-D-glucan synthase catalytic subunit Bgs4p is essential during both cytokinesis and polarized growth J. Cell Sci., January 1, 2005; 118(1): 157 - 174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				T. Y. Huang, M. Renaud-Young, and D. Young Nak1 interacts with Hob1 and Wsp1 to regulate cell growth and polarity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe J. Cell Sci., January 1, 2005; 118(1): 199 - 210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. L. Morrell, C. B. Nichols, and K. L. Gould The GIN4 family kinase, Cdr2p, acts independently of septins in fission yeast J. Cell Sci., October 15, 2004; 117(22): 5293 - 5302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Mishra, J. Karagiannis, S. Trautmann, H. Wang, D. McCollum, and M. K. Balasubramanian The Clp1p/Flp1p phosphatase ensures completion of cytokinesis in response to minor perturbation of the cell division machinery in Schizosaccharomyces pombe J. Cell Sci., August 1, 2004; 117(17): 3897 - 3910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Motegi, M. Mishra, M. K. Balasubramanian, and I. Mabuchi Myosin-II reorganization during mitosis is controlled temporally by its dephosphorylation and spatially by Mid1 in fission yeast J. Cell Biol., June 7, 2004; 165(5): 685 - 695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				F. Chang, F. Re, S. Sebastian, S. Sazer, and J. Luban HIV-1 Vpr Induces Defects in Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Nuclear Structure, and Centrosomes Mol. Biol. Cell, April 1, 2004; 15(4): 1793 - 1801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Y. Li and E. C. Chang Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ras1 Effector, Scd1, Interacts With Klp5 and Klp6 Kinesins to Mediate Cytokinesis Genetics, October 1, 2003; 165(2): 477 - 488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				R. Neef, C. Preisinger, J. Sutcliffe, R. Kopajtich, E. A. Nigg, T. U. Mayer, and F. A. Barr Phosphorylation of mitotic kinesin-like protein 2 by polo-like kinase 1 is required for cytokinesis J. Cell Biol., September 1, 2003; 162(5): 863 - 876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				M. Pardo and P. Nurse Equatorial Retention of the Contractile Actin Ring by Microtubules During Cytokinesis Science, June 6, 2003; 300(5625): 1569 - 1574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				Q.-W. Jin and D. McCollum Scw1p Antagonizes the Septation Initiation Network To Regulate Septum Formation and Cell Separation in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Eukaryot. Cell, June 1, 2003; 2(3): 510 - 520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. B. Martin-Cuadrado, E. Duenas, M. Sipiczki, C. R. V. de Aldana, and F. del Rey The endo-{beta}-1,3-glucanase eng1p is required for dissolution of the primary septum during cell separation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe J. Cell Sci., May 1, 2003; 116(9): 1689 - 1698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				V. Wachtler, S. Rajagopalan, and M. K. Balasubramanian Sterol-rich plasma membrane domains in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe J. Cell Sci., March 1, 2003; 116(5): 867 - 874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. M. Coll, Y. Trillo, A. Ametzazurra, and P. Perez Gef1p, a New Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor for Cdc42p, Regulates Polarity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mol. Biol. Cell, January 1, 2003; 14(1): 313 - 323. [Abstract] [Full Text]