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Eukaryotic Cell, July 2005, p. 1287-1297, Vol. 4, No. 7
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.7.1287-1297.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Hyphal Growth in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe{dagger}

Evelyn Amoah-Buahin, Neil Bone, and John Armstrong*

Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, England

Received 13 March 2005/ Accepted 14 April 2005

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe grows in a single-celled form or can mate and undergo meiosis and sporulation. Here we show that wild-type S. pombe can also differentiate to form elaborately branched hyphae which invade deep into solid medium. Branches appear in the hyphae adjacent to unseparated septa. Electron microscopy reveals unusual multivesicular structures within the hyphae. Nitrogen deprivation appears to be the main stimulus for hyphal growth. No mitogen-activated protein kinase is necessary for the response. Inhibition of cyclic AMP (cAMP) production or signaling prevents the response, and exogenous cAMP promotes it, suggesting that detection of a good carbon source is required for hyphal growth but not for mating.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, England. Phone: 44 1273 678576. Fax: 44 1273 678433. E-mail: J.Armstrong{at}sussex.ac.uk.

{dagger} Supplemental material for this article may be found at http://ec.asm.org/.

Eukaryotic Cell, July 2005, p. 1287-1297, Vol. 4, No. 7
1535-9778/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.4.7.1287-1297.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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