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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/76898
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
dc.formatMonograph
dc.format.mediumElectronic Resourceen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.abstractYeast sporulation is the process by which yeast cells under limiting nutrient conditions are able to alter their nuclear division cycle from mitotic division to meiotic division, resulting in development of up to 4 spores per diploid cell. Spores are a hardy cell type that can survive until nutrient conditions improve. Under particularly severe conditions, sporulating cells only produce 2 spores, in an arrangement known as a non-sister dyad (NSD). NSDs contain the two spores with the youngest spindle pole bodies (SPBs), which are produced in meiosis II. The SPBs are the central nucleating point of prospore membranes. A scaffolding component of the SPB, Nud1, has been shown to be phosphorylated at several sites, and be integral to the proper selection of NSD’s during sporulation. I sought to test the hypothesis that Nud1 accumulates phosphorylations over time and this allows the cell to recognize the younger SPB’s by their relative lack of phosphorylation. In an additional experiment we investigated the unknown sporulation function of four related GATA transcription factors induced late in sporulation.
dcterms.abstractYeast sporulation is the process by which yeast cells under limiting nutrient conditions are able to alter their nuclear division cycle from mitotic division to meiotic division, resulting in development of up to 4 spores per diploid cell. Spores are a hardy cell type that can survive until nutrient conditions improve. Under particularly severe conditions, sporulating cells only produce 2 spores, in an arrangement known as a non-sister dyad (NSD). NSDs contain the two spores with the youngest spindle pole bodies (SPBs), which are produced in meiosis II. The SPBs are the central nucleating point of prospore membranes. A scaffolding component of the SPB, Nud1, has been shown to be phosphorylated at several sites, and be integral to the proper selection of NSD’s during sporulation. I sought to test the hypothesis that Nud1 accumulates phosphorylations over time and this allows the cell to recognize the younger SPB’s by their relative lack of phosphorylation. In an additional experiment we investigated the unknown sporulation function of four related GATA transcription factors induced late in sporulation.
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dcterms.contributorNeiman, Aaronen_US
dcterms.contributorLuk, Ed.en_US
dcterms.creatorSinger, Patrick
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-09-20T16:51:23Z
dcterms.dateSubmitted2017-09-20T16:51:23Z
dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biologyen_US
dcterms.extent39 pg.en_US
dcterms.formatApplication/PDFen_US
dcterms.formatMonograph
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/76898
dcterms.issued2016-12-01
dcterms.languageen_US
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectNSD, nud1
dcterms.subjectBiochemistry -- Cellular biology
dcterms.titleTopics in Yeast Sporulation
dcterms.typeThesis


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