Signaling and polarized response of budding yeast to gradient of mating pheromone

Sung S. Lee, Serge Pelet, Luke P. Lee, Matthias Peter

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Abstract

The yeast cell is known to sense a minute difference in pheromone concentration but the intracellular pathway is not fully understood yet. We utilized microfludic device that generates concentration gradient as single cell imaging platform to evaluate proteins related to the mechanisms. Pressure-driven flow of high and low pheromone concentration achieved stable gradient, and the micro barrier nearby culture chamber reduced the fluidic perturbation on cell orientation. The orientation angle and morphological change were quantified under the gradient. This microfluidic assay showed phenotypic diversity and demonstrated the lack of sensitivity of the Far1p mutant compared to the wild type cells.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages636-638
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9780979806421
StatePublished - 2009
Event13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009 - Jeju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 1 Nov 20095 Nov 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju
Period1/11/095/11/09

Keywords

  • Gradient
  • Mating projection
  • Quantitative Single Cell Analysis

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