Yeast key to understanding cell division
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 07:30
in Health & Medicine
A team of scientists has discovered that a protein in common baker's yeast helps control cell division – findings that may have implications for understanding diseases such as cancer. A protein called Yih1, for Yeast Homologue of the mammalian protein IMPACT, was studied by researchers from Massey University, Brazil's Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Upstate Medical University in New York, who found it plays a role in cell division.