2016
Molecular organization of cytokinesis nodes and contractile rings by super-resolution fluorescence microscopy of live fission yeast
Laplante C, Huang F, Tebbs IR, Bewersdorf J, Pollard TD. Molecular organization of cytokinesis nodes and contractile rings by super-resolution fluorescence microscopy of live fission yeast. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: e5876-e5885. PMID: 27647921, PMCID: PMC5056082, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1608252113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFluorescence photoactivation localization microscopyContractile ringLive fission yeast cellsLive fission yeastFission yeast cellsCytokinetic contractile ringSuper-resolution fluorescence microscopyCytokinesis nodesPhotoactivation localization microscopyFission yeastFormin Cdc12pActin networkIQ motifPlasma membraneCytokinesisConstituent proteinsMyosin-II tailYeast cellsActin ringsActin strandsAssembly precursorsDiscrete structural unitsFluorescence microscopyMolecular organizationProtein
2015
Three Myosins Contribute Uniquely to the Assembly and Constriction of the Fission Yeast Cytokinetic Contractile Ring
Laplante C, Berro J, Karatekin E, Hernandez-Leyva A, Lee R, Pollard TD. Three Myosins Contribute Uniquely to the Assembly and Constriction of the Fission Yeast Cytokinetic Contractile Ring. Current Biology 2015, 25: 1955-1965. PMID: 26144970, PMCID: PMC4526439, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContractile ringActin filamentsHeavy chain geneMyosin IIContractile ring assemblyFission yeast cellsMyosin heavy chain geneCytokinetic contractile ringConventional myosin IICytokinetic nodesMyo2Myo51Myp2Ring assemblyYeast cellsMyosin functionCytokinesisDeletion mutationsComplete assemblyMyosin VConstriction rateGenesMutationsCellsFilaments