Sizing up to Divide: Mitotic Cell-Size Control in Fission Yeast

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-29

  Wood, Elizabeth ^a   Nurse, Paul ^a,b  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell size variability; Ploidy; Pom1; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Size homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CONTROL SYSTEM; COORDINATION; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HOMEOSTASIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SENSOR; CELL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; HOMEOSTASIS; MITOSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 84947237965     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100814-125601     Document Type: Article

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