Cytokinesis: does Mid1 have an identity crisis?

James B Moseley

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.017

Cytokinesis: does Mid1 have an identity crisis?

Curr Biol. 2015 May 4;25(9):R364-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.017.

Author

James B Moseley¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

New work shows the anillin-related protein Mid1 does not position the cytokinetic ring in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, unlike its role in S. pombe. Further analysis suggests the conserved function of Mid1-like anillin proteins may be in scaffolding, not positioning, the cytokinetic ring.

Publication types

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MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Cell Division*
Schizosaccharomyces / physiology*

Grants and funding

R01 GM099774/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States