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SUBMITTER: Stachowiak MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4137230 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stachowiak Matthew R MR Laplante Caroline C Chin Harvey F HF Guirao Boris B Karatekin Erdem E Pollard Thomas D TD O'Shaughnessy Ben B
Developmental cell 20140601 5
Cytokinesis involves constriction of a contractile actomyosin ring. The mechanisms generating ring tension and setting the constriction rate remain unknown because the organization of the ring is poorly characterized, its tension was rarely measured, and constriction is coupled to other processes. To isolate ring mechanisms, we studied fission yeast protoplasts, in which constriction occurs without the cell wall. Exploiting the absence of cell wall and actin cortex, we measured ring tension and ...[more]