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Pheromone communication in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
1Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Seminars in Cell Biology
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Conjugation between two haploid yeast cells is generally controlled by the reciprocal action of diffusible mating pheromones, cells of each mating type releasing pheromones that induce mating-specific changes in cells of the opposite type. Recent studies into pheromone signalling in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have revealed significant parallels with processes in higher eukaryotes and could provide the opportunity for investigating communication in an organism that is amenable to both biochemical and genetic manipulation.