Glucans are the most abundant polysaccharides in the cell walls of fungi, and their
structures are highly variable. Accordingly, their glucose moieties may be joined through …

The cell wall is composed of a polysaccharide‐based three‐dimensional network.
Considered for a long time as an inert exoskeleton, the cell wall is now seen as a dynamic …

Chitin is one of the most abundant natural biopolymers and serves as a critical structural
component of extracellular matrices, including fungal cell walls and insect exoskeletons. As …

In the past three decades invasive mycoses have globally emerged as a persistent source of
healthcare-associated infections. The cell wall surrounding the fungal cell opposes the …

Division of amoebas, fungi, and animal cells into two daughter cells at the end of the cell
cycle depends on a common set of ancient proteins, principally actin filaments and myosin-II …

A paradigm of cytokinesis in animal cells is that the actomyosin contractile ring provides the
primary force to divide the cell [1]. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe …

The primary plant cell wall is laid down over a brief period of time during cytokinesis. Initially,
a membrane network forms at the equator of a dividing cell. The cross‐wall is then …

The shape of walled cells such as fungi, bacteria, and plants are determined by the cell wall.
Models for cell morphogenesis postulate that the effects of turgor pressure and mechanical …

Cytokinesis has been extensively studied in different models, but the role of the extracellular
cell wall is less understood. Here we studied this process in fission yeast. The essential …

The rod is a ubiquitous shape adopted by walled cells from diverse organisms ranging from
bacteria to fungi to plants. Although rod-like shapes are found in cells of vastly different sizes …