Bright green protein aggregates are transported from the young daughter cell into the larger mother cell using conveyor-like structures called actin cables. (Credit: University of Gothenburg)From Science Daily:
ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2010) — Understanding how aged and damaged mother cells manage to form new and undamaged daughter cells is one of the toughest riddles of ageing, but scientists now know how yeast cells do it. In a groundbreaking study researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show how the daughter cell uses a mechanical "conveyor belt" to dump damaged proteins in the mother cell.
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