Cells live in a chemical environment and are able to orient towards chemical cues.
Unicellular haploid fungal cells communicate by secreting pheromones to reproduce …

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe employs two main strategies to adapt to the
environment and survive when starved for nutrients. The strategies employ sporulation via …

The epitranscriptome has emerged as a new fundamental layer of control of gene
expression. Nevertheless, the determination of the transcriptome-wide occupancy and …

Many proteins remain poorly characterized even in well-studied organisms, presenting a
bottleneck for research. We applied phenomics and machine-learning approaches with …

In many yeast and fungi, β-(1, 3)-glucan and chitin are essential components of the cell wall,
an important structure that surrounds cells and which is responsible for their mechanical …

Secretory vesicle clusters transported on actin filaments by myosin V motors for local
secretion underlie various cellular processes, such as neurotransmitter release at neuronal …

In all eukaryotic phyla, cell fusion is important for many aspects of life, from sexual
reproduction to tissue formation. Fungal cells fuse during mating to form the zygote, and …

Tropomyosins are structurally conserved α-helical coiled-coil proteins that bind along the
length of filamentous actin (F-actin) in fungi and animals. Tropomyosins play essential roles …

How actin structures of distinct identities and functions coexist within the same environment
is a critical self-organization question. Fission yeast cells have a simple actin cytoskeleton …

Cell–cell fusion is central for sexual reproduction, and generally involves gametes of
different shapes and sizes. In walled fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the fusion …