| yeast RNase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the exonucleolytic cleavage of RNA to yield 3'-phosphomononucleotides. Synonym: RNase U4. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| yeast syndrome | <syndrome> The yeast candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of non-specific problems including fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, short-attention span, depression and all manner of intestinal irregularities. There is no scientific evidence to support the existence of the yeast syndrome (also called the yeast connection). (12 Dec 1998) |
| yeast vectors | <molecular biology> Yeast cells that contain genes. (11 May 1997) |
| killer yeast | <microbiology> A yeast that secretes a toxin that can kill other yeasts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fission yeast | <fungus> Species of fission yeast commonly used for studies on cell cycle control because there is a distinct G2 phase to the cycle. Only distantly related to the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A further advantage is that some mammalian introns are processed correctly. (18 Nov 1997) |