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Yeast Systems Biology: The Continuing Challenge of Eukaryotic Complexity

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Yeast Systems Biology

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Research on yeast has produced a plethora of tools and resources that have been central to the progress of systems biology. This chapter reviews these resources, explains the innovations that have been made since the first edition of this book, and introduces the constituent chapters of the current edition. The value of these resources not only in building and testing models of the functional networks of the yeast cell, but also in providing a foundation for network studies on the molecular basis of complex human diseases is considered. The gaps in this vast compendium of data, including enzyme kinetic characteristics, biomass composition, transport processes, and cell–cell interactions are discussed, as are the interactions between yeast cells and those of other species. The relevance of these studies to both traditional and advanced biotechnologies and to human medicine is considered, and the opportunities and challenges in using unicellular yeasts to model the systems of multicellular organisms are presented.

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Work on yeast systems biology in my laboratory has been supported by the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), the European Commission, and the Wellcome Trust.

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    Stephen G. Oliver

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Oliver, S.G. (2019). Yeast Systems Biology: The Continuing Challenge of Eukaryotic Complexity. In: Oliver, S.G., Castrillo, J.I. (eds) Yeast Systems Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2049. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9736-7_1

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