title: Cell-cycle control: don't supersize me.
abstract: Cells often grow to a certain cell size before entering mitosis and dividing. Two recent articles suggest that fission yeast cells sense their own size through the action of an intracellular gradient emanating from cell tips and a sensor at the cell middle.
authors: Microbiology Department, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: Kally Z
authors: KZ
authors: Pan
authors: Fred
authors: F
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D048429:Cell Size; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; C068689:wee1 protein, S pombe; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C542567:Cdr2 protein, S pombe; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases