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1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Identification of differential regulator of mitosis and meiosis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03833006
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 分子細胞生物学
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

IINO Yuichi  Univ. of Tokyo,Fac. Science Res. Assoc., 理学部, 助手 (40192471)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMAMOTO Masayuki  Univ. of Tokyo,Fac. Science Prof., 理学部, 教授 (40114706)
Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1992
Keywordsfission yeast / S. pombe / mitosis / meiosis / cdc gene / cell cycle / cyclin / ribonucleotide reductase
Research Abstract

Involvement of the cdc2, cdc13 and cdc25 genes in meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe was investigated. Using temperature- sensitive mutants and three different conditions to induce meiosis, it was found that, in contrast to the previous reports, all of these genes are required for both meiosis I and meiosis II. The cdc2 gene, which is known to be essential for the initiation of both M-phase and S-phase in mitosis, is also required for premeiotic DNA synthesis.
Expression of the cdc25 and cdc13 genes was induced in concomitant with premeiotic DNA synthesis, reaching a sharp peak before the first nuclear division. Expression of cdc22 was also induced but with a peak before premeiotic DNA synthesis. The induction of cdc25 and cdc13 was hampered if DNA synthesis was inhibited, but that of cdc22 was not. The mei4 gene that is essential for meiosis is required for the induction of cdc13 and cdc25. Dependency on DNA synthesis of the induction of genes that are important for activation of p34^<cdc2> kinase has not been observed in mitosis and appears to be unique to meiosis. This may constitute a mechanism of checkpoint control in meiosis.

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] Y.IINO: "S.pombe pacl^+,whose overexpression inhibits sexual development、encodes a ribonuclease III-like RNase" EMBO Journal. 10. 221-226 (1991)

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  • [Publications] A.SUGIMOTO: "Schizosaccharomyces pombe stell^+ encodes a transcription factor with an HMG motif that is a critical regulator of sexual development" Genes and Development. 5. 1990-1999 (1991)

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  • [Publications] J.-F.Brunet: "Identification of a peptide specific for Aplysia sensory neurons by PCR-based differential screening" Science. 252. 856-859 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Y. Iino: "S.pombe pacl^+, whose overexpression inhibits sexual development, encodes a ribonuclease III-like RNase" EMBO Journal. 10. 221-226 (1991)

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  • [Publications] A. Sugimoto: "Schizosaccharomyces pombe stell^+ encodes a transcription factor with an HMG motif that is a critical regulator of sexual development" Genes and Development. 5. 1990-1999 (1991)

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  • [Publications] J.-F. Brunet: "Identification of a peptide specific for Aplysia sensory neurons by PCR-based differential screening" Science. 252. 856-859 (1991)

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Published: 1994-03-24  

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