For decades after the discovery that a contractile ring made of actin filaments and myosin II
produces the force to constrict the cleavage furrow of animal cells, the complexity of …

Eukaryotic cells display a wide range of morphologies important for cellular function and
development. A particular cell shape is made via the generation of asymmetry in the …

The contractile ring is essential for cytokinesis in most fungal and animal cells. In fission
yeast, cytokinesis nodes are precursors of the contractile ring and mark the future cleavage …

The septation initiation network (SIN) regulates aspects of cell growth and division in
Schizosaccharomyces pombe and is essential for cytokinesis. Insufficient signalling results …

Cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe requires the function of Cdc15, the founding
member of the pombe cdc15 homology (PCH) family of proteins. As an early, abundant …

The actomyosin contractile ring assembles through the condensation of a broad band of
nodes that forms at the cell equator in fission yeast cytokinesis. The condensation process …

Two prevailing models have emerged to explain the mechanism of contractile-ring assembly
during cytokinesis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: the spot/leading cable …

The mitotic-exit network (MEN) is a signaling pathway that is essential for the coordination of
mitotic exit and cytokinesis. Whereas the role of the MEN in mitotic exit is well established …

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an excellent model organism to study
cytokinesis. Here, we review recent advances on contractile‐ring assembly in fission yeast …

Over the past decade Hippo kinase signalling has been established as an essential tumour
suppressor pathway controlling tissue growth in flies and mammals. All members of the …