Sodium butyrate is a compound with formula Na(C3H7COO). It is the sodium salt of butyric acid. It has various effects on cultured mammalian cells including inhibition of proliferation, induction of differentiation and induction or repression of gene expression. As such, it can be used in lab to bring about any of these effects. Specifically, butyrate treatment of cells results in histone hyperacetylation, and butyrate itself inhibits HDAC activity. Butyrate has been an essential vehicle for determining the role of histone acetylation in chromatin structure and function. Inhibition of HDAC activity is estimated to affect the expression of only 2% of mammalian genes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_butyrateΒλέπω στη Βίκι ότι το butyric acid λέγεται στα ελληνικά βουτανικό οξύ. Πώς μεταφράζεται λοιπόν το άλας (;) του τίτλου; Μήπως βουτανικό νάτριο, όπως λέει ο γούγλης; Βέβαια, το butyrate η ΙΑΤΕ το μεταφράζει «βουτυρικός» σε κάθε σύναψη.
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