Roles of fission yeast tea1p in the localization of polarity factors and in organizing the microtubular cytoskeleton. Export

@article{citeulike:1869904, abstract = {The cylindrical shape of the fission yeast cell is generated by linear polarized growth from its cell ends. Using immunofluorescence and live imaging microscopy, we have investigated the roles of the cell end marker tea1p in generating linear polarized growth. We found that tea1p is primarily transported on plus ends of microtubules from the vicinity of the nucleus to the cell ends, and that its movement near the nucleus is independent of the kinesin tea2p. Deletion analysis identified a coiled-coil domain in tea1p essential for its retention at cell ends, and demonstrated that tea1p exerts different functions dependent on its location. On the tips of microtubules, tea1p prevents the curling of microtubules around the cell ends, whereas it is required for maintaining linear cell growth and for retention of polarity factors such as the Dyrk kinase pom1p, the CLIP170-like tip1p, and tea2p at the cell ends. We propose that tea1p has roles in organizing the microtubule cytoskeleton on the tips of microtubules, and in the retention of factors at the cell ends necessary for the cell to grow in a straight line.}, address = {Cancer Research UK, Cell Cycle Laboratory, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom.}, author = {Behrens, R. and Nurse, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {1869904}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200112027}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12034771}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12034771}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1083/jcb.200112027}, issn = {0021-9525}, journal = {J Cell Biol}, keywords = {dependence, factors, localization, microtubules, organization, polarity, tea1, tip}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {783--793}, posted-at = {2008-11-11 05:23:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Roles of fission yeast tea1p in the localization of polarity factors and in organizing the microtubular cytoskeleton.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200112027}, volume = {157}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1869904 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1869904 N2 - The cylindrical shape of the fission yeast cell is generated by linear polarized growth from its cell ends. Using immunofluorescence and live imaging microscopy, we have investigated the roles of the cell end marker tea1p in generating linear polarized growth. We found that tea1p is primarily transported on plus ends of microtubules from the vicinity of the nucleus to the cell ends, and that its movement near the nucleus is independent of the kinesin tea2p. Deletion analysis identified a coiled-coil domain in tea1p essential for its retention at cell ends, and demonstrated that tea1p exerts different functions dependent on its location. On the tips of microtubules, tea1p prevents the curling of microtubules around the cell ends, whereas it is required for maintaining linear cell growth and for retention of polarity factors such as the Dyrk kinase pom1p, the CLIP170-like tip1p, and tea2p at the cell ends. We propose that tea1p has roles in organizing the microtubule cytoskeleton on the tips of microtubules, and in the retention of factors at the cell ends necessary for the cell to grow in a straight line. IS - 5 JF - J Cell Biol SN - 0021-9525 AD - Cancer Research UK, Cell Cycle Laboratory, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom. EP - 793 TI - Roles of fission yeast tea1p in the localization of polarity factors and in organizing the microtubular cytoskeleton. VL - 157 SP - 783 KW - dependence KW - factors KW - localization KW - microtubules KW - organization KW - polarity KW - tea1 KW - tip AU - Behrens, R AU - Nurse, P PY - 2002/05/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200112027 ER -