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
2014
Local and global analysis of endocytic patch dynamics in fission yeast using a new “temporal superresolution” realignment method
Berro J, Pollard TD. Local and global analysis of endocytic patch dynamics in fission yeast using a new “temporal superresolution” realignment method. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2014, 25: 3501-3514. PMID: 25143395, PMCID: PMC4230612, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-01-0004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFission yeastEndocytic actin patchesWild-type cellsEndocytic patchesActin patchesQuantitative microscopyActin assemblyCellular processesVesicle movementEndocytic vesiclesInterphase cellsVesicle formationMolecular mechanismsPatch dynamicsYeastCell lengthGlobal analysisNumber of patchesMicroscopy moviesCellsClathrinEndocytosisNew toolValuable toolPatches