title: Yeast and cancer.
abstract: The discovery of genes that control cell division in yeast, and their relation to cancer, is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
authors.forename: Leland H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hartwell
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D004249:DNA Damage; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000502:physiology*; D018816:Genes, cdc / Q000502:physiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D009613:Nobel Prize; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000502:physiology; D013696:Temperature; D014481:United States; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins