Regulation of sporulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Iga Piekarska; Joanna Rytka; Bozenna Rempola

doi:10.18388/abp.2010_2401

Regulation of sporulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Iga Piekarska Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland.;
Joanna Rytka
Bozenna Rempola

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2010_2401

Abstract

Sporulation of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae — equivalent to gametogenesis in higher organisms, is a complex differentiation program induced by starvation of cells for nitrogen and carbon. Such environmental conditions activate coordinated, sequential changes in gene expression leading to production of haploid, stress-resistant spores. Sporulation comprises two rounds of meiosis coupled with spore morphogenesis and is tightly controlled to ensure viable progeny. This review concerns the regulation of differentiation process by nutritional and transcriptional signals.

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Vol. 57 No. 3 (2010)

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