More than a decade of research shows that the nucleolus—the largest structure in the eukaryotic nucleus—plays a pivotal role in aging. Now, a new study analyzing yeast cells suggests both that the ...

Autophagy, the cell's essential housekeeping process, involves degrading and recycling damaged organelles, proteins, and other components to prevent clutter. This vital mechanism, found in all life ...

To test this idea, they engineered an artificial way to secure rDNA to the membrane surrounding the nucleus of yeast cells so they could control when it was anchored and when it was not.

. Published by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA; 1997. pp. 360. $45.00 Whereas the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been the preferred tool for many ...

Left, fission yeast; right, budding yeast; visualized with the nuclear DNA stain DAPI (4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) to highlight the nucleus. The Domino and Clock Models of Cell Cycle Regulation ...

Against this backdrop, a research team from Japan recently focused on an autophagy pathway that degrades a part of the nucleus (macronucleophagy) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a species of yeast ...