The anticancer natural product ophiobolin A induces cytotoxicity by covalent modification of phosphatidylethanolamine

Phenotypic screens allow the identification of small molecules with promising anticancer activity, but the difficulty in characterizing the mechanism of action of these compounds in human cells often undermines their value as drug leads. Here, we used a loss-of-function genetic screen in human haplo...

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Main Authors: Christopher Chidley, Sunia A Trauger, Kıvanç Birsoy, Erin K O'Shea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/14601