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Screening the yeast "disruptome" for mutants affecting resistance to the immunosuppressive drug, mycophenolic acid.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Jul 2002
Desmoucelles Christine, Pinson Benoit, Saint-Marc Christelle, Daignan-Fornier Bertrand
Abstract excerpt
The immunosuppressive drug mycophenolic acid (MPA) is a potent and specific inhibitor of IMP dehydrogenase, the first committed step of GMP synthesis. A screen for yeast genes affecting MPA sensitivity, when overexpressed, allowed us to identify two genes, IMD2 and TPO1, encoding a homologue of IMP dehydrogenase and a vacuolar pump, respectively. In parallel, 4787 yeast strains, each carrying an identified...
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