Article
Review: to bud until death: the genetics of ageing in the yeast, Saccharomyces.
Yeast (Chichester, England) - 15 Jun 1996
Austriaco N R
Abstract excerpt
Individual cells of the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have a limited division capacity and undergo characteristic changes as they senesce, primarily increasing both their cell size and cell cycle time. The mortality curve for ageing yeast cells can be described by the Gompertz equation, the classical definition for an ageing population. Recent work from several laboratories has demonstrated that genes...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
