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. 1971 Dec;108(3):1045–1050. doi: 10.1128/jb.108.3.1045-1050.1971

Use of Yeast Populations Fractionated by Zonal Centrifugation to Study the Cell Cycle

J Sebastian 1, B L A Carter 1, H O Halvorson 1
PMCID: PMC247186  PMID: 4945182

Abstract

Zonal centrifugation in a sucrose density gradient was used to separate yeast cells primarily by size and thus by age in the cell cycle. This approach provides an alternative to synchronous growth for examining the properties of cells at different stages in the cell cycle.

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