S. pombe
- Molecular mechanisms of chemotropism and cell fusion in unicellular fungi
Summary: A summary of the current knowledge on chemoattractant gradient detection in yeast, which occurs at a motile polarity patch. It further describes the stabilization and hyperpolarization process underlying cell fusion.
- Involvement of the septation initiation network in events during cytokinesis in fission yeast
Summary: Cytokinetic contractile rings assemble normally in fission yeast without the signaling cascade called the septation initiation network, but the rings are unstable, so cytokinesis fails and cells often lyse.
- Eisosomes provide membrane reservoirs for rapid expansion of the yeast plasma membrane
Highlighted Article: During membrane stretching in yeast protoplasts, eisosomes disassemble to release membrane invaginations and to facilitate surface area expansion.
- A role for F-BAR protein Rga7p during cytokinesis in S. pombe
Summary: F-BAR protein Rga7p is required for the timely delivery of a β-glucan synthetase (Bgs4p) to the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis of fission yeast.