Meiosis: step-by-step through sporulation

Curr Biol. 1998 Jun 18;8(13):R461-3. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70293-3.

Abstract

A transcription factor, Ndt80p, has been identified that has a critical role in the pathway that controls meiosis--sporulation--in budding yeast. Ndt80p coordinately controls genes that mediate spore formation and progression through the two meiotic divisions; it may also be a target of a checkpoint control.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclin B / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins*
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
  • Male
  • Meiosis / genetics
  • Meiosis / physiology*
  • Phenotype
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / physiology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Spermatozoa / physiology
  • Spores, Fungal / genetics
  • Spores, Fungal / physiology
  • Transcription Factors / genetics

Substances

  • Cyclin B
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Fungal Proteins
  • NDT80 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Transcription Factors