Relationship between cell age and birth scar size

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Organism Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Reference Powell CD, Quain DE, Smart KA. Chitin scar breaks in aged Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology. 2003 Nov149(Pt 11):3129-37. Table 2PubMed ID14600225
Method BB11 cell dimensions were determined using the confocal microscope measure function. Cell surface area and volume were calculated assuming that cells were prolate ellipsoidal spherical with a smooth cell surface.
Comments Saccharomyces cerevisiae reproduces asexually by budding and as a consequence of this process both mother and daughter cell retain chitinous scar tissue at the point of cytokinesis. Daughter cells exhibit a frail structure known as the birth scar, while mother cells display a more persistent bud scar.
Entered by Uri M
ID 103702