In all eukaryotic phyla, cell fusion is important for many aspects of life, from sexual
reproduction to tissue formation. Fungal cells fuse during mating to form the zygote, and …

Specific cell-cell interactions enable the complex metabolic tasks associated with natural
microbial communities and facilitates their improved adaptation to environmental changes …

We present a new weakly-compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method
capable of modeling non-slip fixed and moving wall boundary conditions. The formulation …

Background Septins are well known to form a boundary between mother and daughter cells
in mitosis, but their role in other morphogenic states is poorly understood. Results Using …

Ras homology (Rho) GTPases regulate cell polarity and signal transduction pathways to
control morphogenetic responses in different settings. In yeast, the Rho GTPase Cdc42p …

Direct cell–cell communication can occur through various chemical and mechanical signals.
However, available cell culture systems lack single-cell resolution and are often limited by …

Yeast decode pheromone gradients to locate mating partners, providing a model for
chemotropism. How yeast polarize toward a single partner in crowded environments is …

The pheromone response pathway of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a well‐
established model for the study of G proteins and mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) …

Author Summary Budding yeast cells exist in two mating types, a and α, which use peptide
pheromones to communicate with each other during mating. Mating depends on the ability …

Chemotaxis is a dynamic cellular process, comprised of direction sensing, polarization and
locomotion, that leads to the directed movement of eukaryotic cells along extracellular …