Yeast genome sequence ferments new research
Williams, N.
Science 272(5261): 481
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075 PMID: 8614793 Document Number: 457083
A global collaboration has unveiled a yeast genome sequence that may hold clues to everything from the evolution of eukaryotes to human disease. Initially a European Union effort involving 37 laboratories to sequence chromosome 3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the project then began attacking the entire yeast genome in an ambitious program involving more than 100 European laboratories and collaborations with major centers in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Japan. In simultaneous press conferences in Brussels and Washington, researchers revealed the complete genome of brewer's yeast, the most complex organism yet sequenced. Knowledge of the full set of genes should give researchers a clearer picture of the workings of a yeast cell. Chris Sander of the European Bioinformatics Institute near Cambridge believes yeast will pave the way to a new quantitative and predictive cell biology.