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Sep 3, 2021 · Conclusion: With all the yeast characteristics—their simple requirements for growth, their genome and metabolism similar to other eukaryotes, and their use in studying varying disease conditions—it is understandable and clear why yeasts are such widely used model organisms. Considering recent advancements, their application in biomedical research will inevitably increase over time.
- Dusan Pesic
- 2021
- Humans and Yeast
- Yeast and Cancer
- Expedited Experiments with Yeast
What makes yeast such a useful model organism? An important feature of yeasts (especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae - a.k.a. S. cerevisiae) is that their cells, like ours, are eukaryotic – meaning they have a nucleus containing DNA packaged into chromosomes. And although it may seem like yeast and humans have very little in common, at least 20 perce...
Over the last several decades, researchers have been tirelessly interrogating all of the mutations that cause cancer in humans. Dr. Leeland Hartwell, a biologist and 2001 Nobel Laureate, was one of the first scientists to discover some of the mutations involved in cancer. Since then, many of the mutations found so far are in genes involved in some ...
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Yeast as a Model Organism. The first complete DNA sequence of a eukaryotic genome, that of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was released in electronic form more than a year ago (1). No doubt, each member of the international consortium of yeast biologists made the argument to his or her own funding agency in Europe, Japan, Britain, Canada ...
Model organism. A species that has been widely studied in biology, usually because it is easy to maintain and breed in a laboratory setting and has particular experimental advantages. Model organisms are non-human species that are used in research to help us understand specific areas of biology. Yeast is a single-celled organism that’s ...
One of the most significant non-process uses of yeasts is as probiotic microorganisms. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the World Health Organization (WHO) defines probiotics as “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host” (FAO/WHO, 2002).
The present article reviews the major beneficial effects of yeasts, i.e., probiotic effects, biodegradation of phytate, folate biofortification and detoxification of mycotoxins, which has been summarized in Table 1. However, there are other reported effects such as enrichment of foods with prebiotics as fructooligosaccharides [3], lowering of ...
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Sep 26, 2019 · Kominek et al. 4 identified the first example of an HGT event involving transfer of a full operon from bacteria into yeasts. This operon contained siderophore biosynthesis pathway genes, was ...
