Mate and fuse: how yeast cells do it

Cdc42 Explores the Cell Periphery for Mate Selection in Fission Yeast

(2012) Felipe O. Bendezú et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Myoblast fusion: lessons from flies and mice

(2012) S. M. Abmayr et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Quantitative and dynamic assay of single cell chemotaxis

(2012) Sung Sik Lee et al.   Integrative Biology

Signaling pathways for fission yeast sexual differentiation at a glance

(2012) Yoko Otsubo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Cdc42p and Fus2p act together late in yeast cell fusion

(2012) Casey A. Ydenberg et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Conformational Control of the Ste5 Scaffold Protein Insulates Against MAP Kinase Misactivation

(2012) J. G. Zalatan et al.   SCIENCE

Scp160-Dependent mRNA Trafficking Mediates Pheromone Gradient Sensing and Chemotropism in Yeast

(2012) Rita Gelin-Licht et al.   Cell Reports

Symmetry breaking and the establishment of cell polarity in budding yeast

(2011) Jayme M Johnson et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Asymmetric Mbc, active Rac1 and F-actin foci in the fusion-competent myoblasts during myoblast fusion in Drosophila

(2011) S. Haralalka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The Gα Subunit Signals through the Ste50 Protein during the Mating Pheromone Response in the Yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

(2011) Edith Sánchez-Paredes et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Rho GTPases: Masters of T lymphocyte migration and activation

(2011) Pablo Rougerie et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

The functionally distinct fission yeast formins have specific actin-assembly properties

(2011) Bonnie J. Scott et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Yeast Dynamically Modify Their Environment to Achieve Better Mating Efficiency

(2011) M. Jin et al.   Science Signaling

The Fission Yeast Stress-Responsive MAPK Pathway Promotes Meiosis via the Phosphorylation of Pol II CTD in Response to Environmental and Feedback Cues

(2011) Yuko Sukegawa et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prm1 Targeting to Contact Sites Enhances Fusion during Mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2010) Valerie N. Olmo et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Ste50 adaptor protein governs sexual differentiation of Cryptococcus neoformans via the pheromone-response MAPK signaling pathway

(2010) Kwang-Woo Jung et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Secretion is required for late events in the cell-fusion pathway of mating yeast

(2010) E. Grote   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The Rsr1/Bud1 GTPase Interacts with Itself and the Cdc42 GTPase during Bud-Site Selection and Polarity Establishment in Budding Yeast

(2010) Pil Jung Kang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The scaffold protein Ste5 directly controls a switch-like mating decision in yeast

(2010) Mohan K. Malleshaiah et al.   NATURE

G protein-coupled receptors: novel targets for drug discovery in cancer

(2010) Rosamaria Lappano et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

The Yeast Cell Fusion Protein Prm1p Requires Covalent Dimerization to Promote Membrane Fusion

(2010) Alex Engel et al.   PLoS One

Pheromone-induced anisotropy in yeast plasma membrane phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate distribution is required for MAPK signaling

(2010) L. S. Garrenton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of sterol aliphatic chains affects yeast cell shape and cell fusion during mating

(2010) P. S. Aguilar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Ste5 Scaffold Directs Mating Signaling by Catalytically Unlocking the Fus3 MAP Kinase for Activation

(2009) Matthew Good et al.   CELL

Prm1 Functions as a Disulfide-linked Complex in Yeast Mating

(2009) Valerie N. Olmo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Fission yeast Myo51 is a meiotic spindle pole body component with discrete roles during cell fusion and spore formation

(2009) A. Doyle et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The Class V Myosin Myo2p Is Required for Fus2p Transport and Actin Polarization during the Yeast Mating Response

(2009) Jason M. Sheltzer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The β Subunit of the Heterotrimeric G Protein Triggers the Kluyveromyces lactis Pheromone Response Pathway in the Absence of the γ Subunit

(2009) Rocío Navarro-Olmos et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The tetraspan protein Dni1p is required for correct membrane organization and cell wall remodelling during mating inSchizosaccharomyces pombe

(2009) José Ángel Clemente-Ramos et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The small G-proteins Rac1 and Cdc42 are essential for myoblast fusion in the mouse

(2009) E. Vasyutina et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Symmetry Breaking in the Life Cycle of the Budding Yeast

(2009) B. D. Slaughter et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Highlighting the role of Ras and Rap during Dictyostelium chemotaxis

(2008) Arjan Kortholt et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Symmetry-Breaking Polarization Driven by a Cdc42p GEF-PAK Complex

(2008) Lukasz Kozubowski et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ergosterol promotes pheromone signaling and plasma membrane fusion in mating yeast

(2008) Hui Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dynamic localization of yeast Fus2p to an expanding ring at the cell fusion junction during mating

(2008) Joanna Mathis Paterson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Counteractive Control of Polarized Morphogenesis during Mating by Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Fus3 and G1 Cyclin-dependent Kinase

(2008) Lu Yu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Robust Spatial Sensing of Mating Pheromone Gradients by Yeast Cells

(2008) Travis I. Moore et al.   PLoS One