
Species name: Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Gakushuin Univerity Jun Kashiwazaki
The contractile ring retained in the fission yeast 'cell ghost' was contracted rapidly after ATP addition. Cell ghosts were prepared from fission yeast spheroplast by breaking the plasma membrane and washing out cytoplasm. Ring was visualized by expressing GFP-fused myosin light chain Rlc1. Ring can be observed even by DIC.
(2014.01.14)