Publications
Preprint
Cdc42 mobility and membrane flows regulate fission yeast cell shape and survival.
bioRxiv,2023 Jul 21:
2023
Revised fission yeast gene and allele nomenclature guidelines for machine readability.
Genetics,2023 Sep 27:
A focus on yeast mating: From pheromone signaling to cell-cell fusion.
Semin Cell Dev Biol,2023 Jan 15133:
2022
Condensation of the fusion focus by the intrinsically disordered region of the formin Fus1 is essential for cell-cell fusion.
Curr Biol,2022 Nov 732(21):
mNG-tagged fusion proteins and nanobodies to visualize tropomyosins in yeast and mammalian cells.
J Cell Sci,2022 Sep 15135(18):
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260288
Actin assembly requirements of the formin Fus1 to build the fusion focus.
J Cell Sci,2022 Jul 1135(13):
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260289
2021
Going with the membrane flow: the impact of polarized secretion on bulk plasma membrane flows.
FEBS J,2021 Nov 19:
DOI: 10.1111/febs.16287
Ultrastructural plasma membrane asymmetries in tension and curvature promote yeast cell fusion.
J Cell Biol,2021 Oct 4220(10):
Cell patterning by secretion-induced plasma membrane flows.
Sci Adv,2021 Sep 177(38):
Direct and indirect regulation of Pom1 cell size pathway by the protein phosphatase 2C Ptc1.
Mol Biol Cell,2021 Apr 1532(8):
Cell cycle-dependent and independent mating blocks ensure fungal zygote survival and ploidy maintenance.
PLoS Biol,2021 Jan19(1):
2020
Activation of Cdc42 GTPase upon CRY2-Induced Cortical Recruitment Is Antagonized by GAPs in Fission Yeast.
Cells,2020 Sep 129(9):
DOI: 10.3390/cells9092089
Sterol biosensor reveals LAM-family Ltc1-dependent sterol flow to endosomes upon Arp2/3 inhibition.
J Cell Biol,2020 Jun 1219(6):
DYRK kinase Pom1 drives F-BAR protein Cdc15 from the membrane to promote medial division.
Mol Biol Cell,2020 Apr 1531(9):
Optogenetics reveals Cdc42 local activation by scaffold-mediated positive feedback and Ras GTPase.
PLoS Biol,2020 Jan18(1):
A toolbox of stable integration vectors in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
J Cell Sci,2020 Jan 8133(1):
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.240754
2019
Capping Protein Insulates Arp2/3-Assembled Actin Patches from Formins.
Curr Biol,2019 Oct 729(19):
Quorum sensing with pheromones.
Nat Microbiol,2019 Sep4(9):
Molecular mechanisms of chemotropism and cell fusion in unicellular fungi.
J Cell Sci,2019 May 31132(11):
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.230706
Multi-phosphorylation reaction and clustering tune Pom1 gradient mid-cell levels according to cell size.
Elife,2019 May 38:
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.45983
Yeast-to-hypha transition of Schizosaccharomyces japonicus in response to environmental stimuli.
Mol Biol Cell,2019 Apr 130(8):
2018
Differential GAP requirement for Cdc42-GTP polarization during proliferation and sexual reproduction.
J Cell Biol,2018 Dec 3217(12):
Gamete fusion triggers bipartite transcription factor assembly to block re-fertilization.
Nature,2018 Aug560(7718):
Exploration and stabilization of Ras1 mating zone: A mechanism with positive and negative feedbacks.
PLoS Comput Biol,2018 Jul14(7):
Dynamic visits of cortical structures probe for cell size.
J Cell Biol,2018 May 7217(5):
Inhibition of Ras activity coordinates cell fusion with cell-cell contact during yeast mating.
J Cell Biol,2018 Apr 2217(4):
2017
Live Cell Imaging of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Sexual Life Cycle.
Cold Spring Harb Protoc,2017 Oct 32017(10):
A systematic screen for morphological abnormalities during fission yeast sexual reproduction identifies a mechanism of actin aster formation for cell fusion.
PLoS Genet,2017 Apr13(4):
Nuclear displacement and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) assays to study division site placement and cytokinesis in fission yeast.
Methods Cell Biol,2017137:
2016
Role and organization of the actin cytoskeleton during cell-cell fusion.
Semin Cell Dev Biol,2016 Dec60:
Spatial focalization of pheromone/MAPK signaling triggers commitment to cell-cell fusion.
Genes Dev,2016 Oct 130(19):
Local Pheromone Release from Dynamic Polarity Sites Underlies Cell-Cell Pairing during Yeast Mating.
Curr Biol,2016 Apr 2526(8):
Microscopy of Fission Yeast Sexual Lifecycle.
J Vis Exp,2016 Mar 9(109):
DOI: 10.3791/53801
2015
Editorial overview: Eukaryotic microbes: models and beyond.
Curr Opin Microbiol,2015 Dec28:
The DYRK-family kinase Pom1 phosphorylates the F-BAR protein Cdc15 to prevent division at cell poles.
J Cell Biol,2015 Nov 9211(3):
Spontaneous cell polarization: Feedback control of Cdc42 GTPase breaks cellular symmetry.
Bioessays,2015 Nov37(11):
PKA antagonizes CLASP-dependent microtubule stabilization to re-localize Pom1 and buffer cell size upon glucose limitation.
Nat Commun,2015 Oct 76:
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9445
Pom1 gradient buffering through intermolecular auto-phosphorylation.
Mol Syst Biol,2015 Jul 611(7):
Casein kinase 1γ ensures monopolar growth polarity under incomplete DNA replication downstream of Cds1 and calcineurin in fission yeast.
Mol Cell Biol,2015 May35(9):
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01465-14
Spontaneous Cdc42 polarization independent of GDI-mediated extraction and actin-based trafficking.
PLoS Biol,2015 Apr13(4):
A formin-nucleated actin aster concentrates cell wall hydrolases for cell fusion in fission yeast.
J Cell Biol,2015 Mar 30208(7):
2014
Pom1 regulates the assembly of Cdr2-Mid1 cortical nodes for robust spatial control of cytokinesis.
J Cell Biol,2014 Jul 7206(1):
The novel proteins Rng8 and Rng9 regulate the myosin-V Myo51 during fission yeast cytokinesis.
J Cell Biol,2014 May 12205(3):
The Tea4-PP1 landmark promotes local growth by dual Cdc42 GEF recruitment and GAP exclusion.
J Cell Sci,2014 May 1127(Pt 9):
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.142174
Yeasts as models in cell biology.
FEMS Microbiol Rev,2014 Mar38(2):
Cell polarization in budding and fission yeasts.
FEMS Microbiol Rev,2014 Mar38(2):
Distinct levels in Pom1 gradients limit Cdr2 activity and localization to time and position division.
Cell Cycle,201413(4):
DOI: 10.4161/cc.27411
2013
Mate and fuse: how yeast cells do it.
Open Biol,2013 Mar 63(3):
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130008
Cdc42 explores the cell periphery for mate selection in fission yeast.
Curr Biol,2013 Jan 723(1):
2012
Cdc42 oscillations in yeasts.
Sci Signal,2012 Dec 45(253):
Fission yeast: in shape to divide.
Curr Opin Cell Biol,2012 Dec24(6):
Myosin Vs organize actin cables in fission yeast.
Mol Biol Cell,2012 Dec23(23):
Being at the right place at the right time.
Mol Biol Cell,2012 Nov23(21):
Fission yeast Sec3 and Exo70 are transported on actin cables and localize the exocyst complex to cell poles.
PLoS One,20127(6):
2011
Shaping fission yeast cells by rerouting actin-based transport on microtubules.
Curr Biol,2011 Dec 2021(24):
Deconstructing the cell cycle.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol,2011 Sep 2812(11):
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3205
A phosphorylation cycle shapes gradients of the DYRK family kinase Pom1 at the plasma membrane.
Cell,2011 Jun 24145(7):
Actin cables and the exocyst form two independent morphogenesis pathways in the fission yeast.
Mol Biol Cell,2011 Jan 122(1):
2009
Geometric control of the cell cycle.
Cell Cycle,2009 Nov 158(22):
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.22.9891
Pob1 participates in the Cdc42 regulation of fission yeast actin cytoskeleton.
Mol Biol Cell,2009 Oct20(20):
Microtubule-dependent cell morphogenesis in the fission yeast.
Trends Cell Biol,2009 Sep19(9):
Shaping fission yeast with microtubules.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol,2009 Jul1(1):
Polar gradients of the DYRK-family kinase Pom1 couple cell length with the cell cycle.
Nature,2009 Jun 11459(7248):
DOI: 10.1038/nature08054
LKB1 regulates polarity remodeling and adherens junction formation in the Drosophila eye.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,2009 Jun 2106(22):
2007
Regulation of the formin for3p by cdc42p and bud6p.
Mol Biol Cell,2007 Oct18(10):
2006
The cell-end factor pom1p inhibits mid1p in specification of the cell division plane in fission yeast.
Curr Biol,2006 Dec 1916(24):
Dynamics of the formin for3p in actin cable assembly.
Curr Biol,2006 Jun 2016(12):
2005
New end take off: regulating cell polarity during the fission yeast cell cycle.
Cell Cycle,2005 Aug4(8):
Tea4p links microtubule plus ends with the formin for3p in the establishment of cell polarity.
Dev Cell,2005 Apr8(4):
Regulation of actin assembly by microtubules in fission yeast cell polarity.
Novartis Found Symp,2005269:
2003
Cell polarity: a new mod(e) of anchoring.
Curr Biol,2003 Sep 1613(18):
The identification of novel genes required for Drosophila anteroposterior axis formation in a germline clone screen using GFP-Staufen.
Development,2003 Sep130(17):
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00630
A role for Drosophila LKB1 in anterior-posterior axis formation and epithelial polarity.
Nature,2003 Jan 23421(6921):
DOI: 10.1038/nature01296
2001
Ku-deficient yeast strains exhibit alternative states of silencing competence.
EMBO Rep,2001 Mar2(3):
A rapid method to map mutations in Drosophila.
Genome Biol,20012(9):
2000
The dynamics of yeast telomeres and silencing proteins through the cell cycle.
J Struct Biol,2000 Apr129(2-3):
1999
Relocalization of telomeric Ku and SIR proteins in response to DNA strand breaks in yeast.
Cell,1999 May 2897(5):
1998
Mutation of yeast Ku genes disrupts the subnuclear organization of telomeres.
Curr Biol,1998 May 218(11):
Targeting Sir proteins to sites of action: a general mechanism for regulated repression.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol,199863: