Solving yeast jigsaw puzzles over a glass of wine: Synthetic genome engineering pioneers new possibilities for wine yeast research

Isak S Pretorius

doi:10.15252/embr.201745231

Solving yeast jigsaw puzzles over a glass of wine: Synthetic genome engineering pioneers new possibilities for wine yeast research

EMBO Rep. 2017 Nov;18(11):1875-1884. doi: 10.15252/embr.201745231. Epub 2017 Oct 23.

Author

Isak S Pretorius¹

Affiliation

¹ Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

The Synthetic Yeast Genome Project will give scientists a tool for understanding the biological intricacies of eukaryotes and for synthetic biology. Wine researchers will greatly benefit from this project to build new wine yeast strains.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Genetic Engineering*
Genome, Fungal*
Microorganisms, Genetically-Modified
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
Synthetic Biology / methods*
Wine / microbiology*