Journal of Molecular Cell Biology Advance Access published online on September 24, 2009
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, doi:10.1093/jmcb/mjp020
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A Pom1 Gradient Is Made to Measure
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, Singapore
* Correspondence to: Meredith E. Calvert, E-mail: meredith{at}tll.org.sg
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In order for cell division to proceed, fission yeast must first attain critical cell size. The mechanism by which size is detected had not been identified until two recent studies showed that cells utilize an intracellular gradient of Pom1p kinase to measure cell length.