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 …

We will briefly introduce the S. pombe model, giving references to reviews addressing
aspects of fission yeast biology that are beyond the scope of this overview. As their common …

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 …

In both animal cells and fungi, cytokinesis proceeds via a contractile actomyosin ring (CAR).
Many CAR components and regulators are evolutionarily conserved. In …

We created two new mutants of fission yeast cofilin to investigate why cytokinesis in many
organisms depends on this small actin-binding protein. These mutant cofilins bound actin …

Because of the industrial and medical importance of members of the fungal genus
Aspergillus, there is considerable interest in the functions of cytoskeletal components in …

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 …

In many eukaryotes, cytokinesis requires the assembly and constriction of an actomyosin-
based contractile ring. Despite the central role of this ring in cytokinesis, the mechanism of F …

Myosin-II (Myo2p) and tropomyosin are essential for contractile ring formation and
cytokinesis in fission yeast. Here we used a combination of in vivo and in vitro approaches to …

Cytokinesis is the final stage of the cell cycle during which a cell physically divides into two
daughters through the assembly of new membranes (and cell wall in some cases) between …