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Valproic acid affects membrane trafficking and cell-wall integrity in fission yeast.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Miyatake Makoto, Kuno Takayoshi, Kita Ayako, Katsura Kosaku, Takegawa Kaoru, Uno Satoshi, Nabata Toshiya, Sugiura Reiko
Abstract excerpt
Valproic acid (VPA) is widely used to treat epilepsy and manic-depressive illness. Although VPA has been reported to exert a variety of biochemical effects, the exact mechanisms underlying its therapeutic effects remain elusive. To gain further insights into the molecular mechanisms of VPA action, a genetic screen for fission yeast mutants that show hypersensitivity to VPA was performed. One of the genes that we...
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