The yeast cell wall is a strong, but elastic, structure that is essential not only for the
maintenance of cell shape and integrity, but also for progression through the cell cycle …

Cytokinesis is the process by which mitotic cells physically split in two following
chromosome segregation. Dividing animal cells first ingress a cytokinetic furrow and then …

Rainfall pattern and temperature variation are changing due to global warming, affecting
crop production. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of temperature and …

Conditional temperature-sensitive (ts) mutations are valuable reagents for studying essential
genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed 787 ts strains, covering 497 …

Asymmetric cell division, which includes cell polarization and cytokinesis, is essential for
generating cell diversity during development. The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae …

We used fluorescence microscopy to measure global and local concentrations of 28
cytoskeletal and signaling proteins fused to yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) in the fission …

After anaphase onset, animal cells build an actomyosin contractile ring that constricts the
plasma membrane to generate two daughter cells connected by a cytoplasmic bridge. The …

Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a key regulator of cell division in eukaryotic cells. New
techniques, including the application of small-molecule inhibitors, have greatly expanded …

Many fundamental cellular processes such as division, polarization, endocytosis, and
motility require the assembly, maintenance, and disassembly of filamentous actin (F-actin) …

The mammalian striatin family consists of three proteins, striatin, S/G 2 nuclear autoantigen,
and zinedin. Striatin family members have no intrinsic catalytic activity, but rather function as …