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Introduction to Fission Yeast as a Model System

  1. Paul Nurse1
  1. Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Research Institute, London WC2A 3LY, United Kingdom
  1. ↵1Correspondence: Jacqueline.Hayles{at}crick.ac.uk; paul.nurse{at}crick.ac.uk

Abstract

Here, we briefly outline the history of fission yeast, its life cycle, and aspects of its biology that make it a useful model organism for studying problems of eukaryotic molecular and cell biology.

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  • From the Fission Yeast collection, edited by Iain M. Hagan, Antony M. Carr, Agnes Grallert, and Paul Nurse.

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  1. Published in Advance July 21, 2017, doi: 10.1101/pdb.top079749 Cold Spring Harb Protoc © 2018 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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