Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Cellular geometry scaling ensures robust division site positioning

  • Ying Gu,
  • Snezhana Oliferenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08218-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cells divide within a given size range and can scale across differing cell sizes but mechanisms and function remain unclear. Here the authors show, despite the current dogma of fission yeast maintaining constant width, some fission yeast can scale their width and length, impacting the positioning of the cell division site.