Cortical regulation of cell size by a sizer cdr2p

Cortical regulation of cell size by a sizer cdr2p

Cells can, in principle, control their size by growing to a specified size before commencing cell division. How any cell actually senses its own size remains poorly understood. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe are rod-shaped cells that grow to ∼14 µm in length before entering mitosis. In...

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Main Authors: Kally Z Pan, Timothy E Saunders, Ignacio Flor-Parra, Martin Howard, Fred Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-03-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
cell size control
protein kinase
plasma membrane
cell cycle
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/02040

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