Vesicle-like biomechanics governs important aspects of nuclear geometry in fission yeast.

It has long been known that during the closed mitosis of many unicellular eukaryotes, including the fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe), the nuclear envelope remains intact while the nucleus undergoes a remarkable sequence of shape transformations driven by elongation of an intranuclear mitoti...

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Main Authors: Gerald Lim H W, Greg Huber, Yoshihiro Torii, Aiko Hirata, Jonathan Miller, Shelley Sazer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1993828?pdf=render