Microtubule organization: a pericentriolar material-like structure in yeast meiosis

Curr Biol. 2012 Apr 10;22(7):R229-31. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.036.

Abstract

During meiotic prophase in fission yeast, the nucleus undergoes dramatic oscillatory movements. A newly identified structure, the radial microtubule organizing center (rMTOC), mediates these movements and shares some of the features of the pericentriolar material in higher eukaryotes.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Cell Nucleus / physiology*
  • Microtubule-Organizing Center / metabolism*
  • Microtubules / metabolism*
  • Schizosaccharomyces / metabolism*
  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / metabolism*
  • Spindle Apparatus / metabolism*

Substances

  • Hrs1 protein, S pombe
  • Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins