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UNC-18 modulates ethanol sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jan 2009
Graham Margaret E, Edwards Mark R, Holden-Dye Lindy, Morgan Alan, Burgoyne Robert D, Barclay Jeff W
Abstract excerpt
Acute ethanol exposure affects the nervous system as a stimulant at low concentrations and as a depressant at higher concentrations, eventually resulting in motor dysfunction and uncoordination. A recent genetic study of two mouse strains with varying ethanol preference indicated a correlation with a polymorphism (D216N) in the synaptic protein Munc18-1. Munc18-1 functions in exocytosis via a number of discrete...
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