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Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning.

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Gladfelter, A; Berman, J
Published in: Nat Rev Microbiol
December 2009

The many different mechanisms that fungi use to transmit and share genetic material are mediated by a broad range of chromosome and nuclear dynamics. The mechanics underlying nuclear migration are well integrated into detailed models, in which the forces supplied by plus- and minus-end-directed microtubule motors position and move the nucleus in a cell. Although we know much about how cells move nuclei, we know much less about why the cell invests in so many different nuclear 'dances'. Here, we briefly survey the available models for the mechanics of nuclear migration in fungi and then focus on examples of how fungal cells use these nuclear dances - the movement of intact nuclei in and between cells - to control the integrity, ploidy and assortment of specific genomes or individual chromosomes.

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Nat Rev Microbiol

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1740-1534

Publication Date

December 2009

Volume

7

Issue

12

Start / End Page

875 / 886

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Obesity
  • Microtubules
  • Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
  • Microbiology
  • Genome, Fungal
  • Fungi
  • Chromosomes
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cell Nucleus
  • Cell Movement
 

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Gladfelter, A., & Berman, J. (2009). Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning. Nat Rev Microbiol, 7(12), 875–886. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2249
Gladfelter, Amy, and Judith Berman. “Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning.Nat Rev Microbiol 7, no. 12 (December 2009): 875–86. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2249.
Gladfelter A, Berman J. Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2009 Dec;7(12):875–86.
Gladfelter, Amy, and Judith Berman. “Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning.Nat Rev Microbiol, vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 2009, pp. 875–86. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/nrmicro2249.
Gladfelter A, Berman J. Dancing genomes: fungal nuclear positioning. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2009 Dec;7(12):875–886.

Published In

Nat Rev Microbiol

DOI

EISSN

1740-1534

Publication Date

December 2009

Volume

7

Issue

12

Start / End Page

875 / 886

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Obesity
  • Microtubules
  • Microscopy, Phase-Contrast
  • Microbiology
  • Genome, Fungal
  • Fungi
  • Chromosomes
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cell Nucleus
  • Cell Movement