title: Division-plane positioning: microtubules strike back.
abstract: Two groups have recently developed physical techniques to manipulate the position of the nucleus in fission yeast. Their studies reveal how microtubules confine the nucleus to the cell center, and indicate how the position of the cleavage plane during cell division is coordinated with that of the nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: Caren
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Norden
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barral
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000502:physiology*; D008846:Micromanipulation / Q000379:methods; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C489694:Mid1 protein, S pombe; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins