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107 New Yeast Genes
by Nat Torkington
Nov. 19, 2001
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011119071637.htm
Science Daily reports on how a search of "non-essential" yeast genes turned up 107 mutant genes that protect against gamma radiation and influence the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs. The full writeup from NIEHS talks about how they did it and mentions The Yeast Genome Deletion Project.
Nat Torkington
is conference planner for the Open Source Convention, OSCON Europe, and other O'Reilly conferences. He was project manager for Perl 6, is on the board of The Perl Foundation, and is a frequent speaker on open source topics. He cowrote the bestselling Perl Cookbook.
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