The Schizosaccharomyces pombe septation initiation network (SIN) is required for spore formation in meiosis.

Abstract excerpt

When nutrients are abundant, S. pombe cells grow as rods, dividing by fission after formation of a medially placed cell wall or division septum. Septum formation is triggered by a group of proteins, called the septation initiation network or SIN, that trigger contraction of the acto-myosin contractile ring at the end of mitosis. Ectopic activation of the SIN can uncouple septum formation from other cell-cycle...

Topics

• Cell Membrane
• Diploidy
• Meiosis
• Mutation
• Protein Transport
• Schizosaccharomyces
• Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
• Signal Transduction
• Spores, Fungal