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1: Genome Biol. 2002;3(3):COMMENT2003. Epub 2002 Feb 22.Click here to read Click here to read Links

The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. yanagida@kozo.biophys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has long been a model organism for studies of eukaryotic cells, winning renown especially for studies of the cell cycle. Now that its genome has been sequenced, S. pombe is ready to assume its rightful place in the pantheon of small eukaryotic giants.

PMID: 11897018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC139019