Yeast spores are exceptionally resistant to stress due to their dormancy, but how do they exit this state? This study shows how these cells transform the biophysical properties of their cytoplasm and proteome to return to vegetative growth. (IMAGE)

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Yeast spores are exceptionally resistant to stress due to their dormancy, but how do they exit this state? This study shows how these cells transform the biophysical properties of their cytoplasm and proteome to return to vegetative growth.

Caption

Life cycle of a budding yeast ascospore. False-color transmission electron microscopic images of the major time points of yeast ascospore germination. Top left is an ascus (Cyan) which shows three developing ascospores. Top right is a purified ascospore (Purple). Then in clockwise order are shown a hatching ascospore (Red), an elongating ascospore (Orange), the first budding of an ascospore (Yellow), and a vegetative yeast (Green).

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Samuel Plante (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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