Generation of cell polarity in yeast.
Yeast cells constitute an excellent system for studying cell polarity. They polarize by means of internally programmed patterns of cell division; they polarize chemotropically towards a partner during mating; and they utilize polarity to segregate cell-fate determinants during division. In the past year, considerable progress has been made towards increasing our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying each of these processes.
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. chant@husc.harvard.edu
D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000502:physiology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D005812:Genes, Switch; D008954:Models, Biological; D012098:Reproduction; D015003:Yeasts / Q000502:physiology*