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Acacia: A model organism in yeast

August 11, 1997 7:00 AM UTC

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In 1996, the 6,000 genes in the yeast genome (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) were sequenced. The majority of these genes have human counterparts, and the majority of metabolic and signaling pathways are directly or indirectly coupled to similar genetic machinery in both human and yeast systems...