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''Schizosaccharomyces pombe ''or ''S.Pombe'' is a species of yeast often used as a model organism in biological research. ''S.Pombe'' is also known as 'fission yeast'<ref name="null">S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14</ref> as it divides by splitting rather than budding like the other major yeast model, ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae''. The genome of ''S.Pombe'' was sequenced in 2001 making it the 6th eukaryotic model organism to have it's genome sequenced<ref>The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14</ref>. Since then, scientists have discovered over fifty genes in ''S.Pombe'' which are directly associated with human diseases such as diabetes, hereditary deafness and cystic fibrosis<ref>Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14</ref>, making the organism a useful tool in developing treatments.  
''Schizosaccharomyces pombe ''or ''S. pombe'' is a species of yeast often used as a model organism in biological research. ''S. pombe'' is also known as 'fission yeast'<ref name="null">S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14</ref> as it divides by splitting rather than budding like the other major yeast model, ''[[Saccharomyces cerevisiae|Saccharomyces cerevisiae]]''. The genome of ''S. pombe'' was sequenced in 2001 making it the 6th eukaryotic model organism to have it's genome sequenced<ref>The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14</ref>. Since then, scientists have discovered over fifty [[genes|genes]] in ''S. pombe'' which are directly associated with human diseases such as [[diabetes|diabetes]], hereditary deafness and [[cystic fibrosis|cystic fibrosis]]<ref>Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14</ref>, making the organism a useful tool in developing treatments <ref>S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14</ref><ref>The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14</ref><ref>Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14</ref>.  


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1. S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14
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2. The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14
 
3. Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14

Revision as of 12:04, 26 November 2014

Schizosaccharomyces pombe or S. pombe is a species of yeast often used as a model organism in biological research. S. pombe is also known as 'fission yeast'[1] as it divides by splitting rather than budding like the other major yeast model, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The genome of S. pombe was sequenced in 2001 making it the 6th eukaryotic model organism to have it's genome sequenced[2]. Since then, scientists have discovered over fifty genes in S. pombe which are directly associated with human diseases such as diabetes, hereditary deafness and cystic fibrosis[3], making the organism a useful tool in developing treatments [4][5][6].

References:

  1. ↑ S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14
  2. ↑ The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14
  3. ↑ Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14
  4. ↑ S.Pombe Initiative, National Institute of Health, Susan L Forsburg,available at: http://nih.gov/science/models/Schizosaccharomyces/index.html, accessed 26/11/14
  5. ↑ The model unicellular eukaryote, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, US National Library of Medicine, available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139019/, accessed 26/11/14
  6. ↑ Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Second yeast genome sequenced, Genome News Network, Birgit Reinert, available at: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/03_02/s_pombe.shtml, accessed 26/11/14


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