Yanagida Mitsuhiro
Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Genome Biol. 2002;3(3):COMMENT2003. doi: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-3-comment2003. Epub 2002 Feb 22.
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.
裂殖酵母粟酒裂殖酵母长期以来一直是研究真核细胞的模式生物,尤其因细胞周期研究而声名远扬。如今其基因组已被测序,粟酒裂殖酵母准备好在小型真核生物巨头的万神殿中占据应有的一席之地。