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Genetic screens uncover a bioactivation pathway for Lasonolide A involving enrichment in lipid droplets and cleavage into a cytotoxic, soluble metabolite by a lipid droplet-associated serine


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Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA Zhipeng Li, Siti Nur Sarah Morris & James A. Olzmann * Chan Zuckerberg Biohub,


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