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Use of Whole-Genome Sequences of Model Organisms
S. cerevisiae: A Model Organism for Eukaryotes
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast, is used as a model organism for studying signaling proteins and protein-processing enzymes which have homologs in humans.
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"S cerevisiae under DIC microscopy."
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