Meiosis: polo, FEAR and the art of dividing reductionally.

Current biology : CB ·Vol. 13 ·No. 15 ·2003-08-05 ·Pages R603-5

Cohen-Fix O

Abstract

Recent studies on the regulation of meiosis have uncovered new roles for old acquaintances: the polo-like kinase Cdc5 has been found to dictate proper kinetochore orientation during meiosis I, while the FEAR pathway is essential for some, but not all, aspects of meiosis I exit.

MeSH Terms

Anaphase/physiology Cell Cycle Proteins Chromosome Segregation/physiology Kinetochores/metabolism Meiosis/physiology Protein Kinases/metabolism Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

Chemicals

Cell Cycle Proteins Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Protein Kinases Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases CDC5 protein, S cerevisiae

Authors & Affiliations

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Cohen-Fix Orna

The Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Article Info

Journal

Current biology : CB

Abbr.

Curr Biol

ISSN

0960-9822

DOI

10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00526-8

Published

2003-08-05

Pages

R603-5

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9107782

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00526-8 View journal details

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