Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I General Principles of Cell Death
- Part II Cell Death in Tissues and Organs
- Part III Cell Death in Nonmammalian Organisms
- 33 Programmed Cell Death in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 34 Caenorhabditis elegans and Apoptosis
- 35 Apoptotic Cell Death in Drosophila
- 36 Analysis of Cell Death in Zebrafish
- Plate section
- References
33 - Programmed Cell Death in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
from Part III - Cell Death in Nonmammalian Organisms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I General Principles of Cell Death
- Part II Cell Death in Tissues and Organs
- Part III Cell Death in Nonmammalian Organisms
- 33 Programmed Cell Death in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 34 Caenorhabditis elegans and Apoptosis
- 35 Apoptotic Cell Death in Drosophila
- 36 Analysis of Cell Death in Zebrafish
- Plate section
- References
Summary
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the most studied model systems for molecular and cellular biology. In 1996, it became the first eukaryotic organism to have a completely sequenced genome (Dujon, 1996; Goffeau et al., 1996), which led to a number of valuable and widely accessed databases. Among its features is the short generation time (usually 90–120 minutes) and the ability to grow at various temperatures in relatively inexpensive media. Moreover, many of its genes are well characterized, thanks in part to its amenability to modifications such as gene disruption, gene marking, mutations, or gene-dosage modifications. Because of these advantageous features, it has become the model organism of choice for many investigators in fields ranging from basic biology to biomedical research.
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- ApoptosisPhysiology and Pathology, pp. 389 - 396Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011