4-Butyrolactone
"4-Butyrolactone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the FURANS with a carbonyl thereby forming a cyclic lactone. It is an endogenous compound made from gamma-aminobutyrate and is the precursor of gamma-hydroxybutyrate. It is also used as a pharmacological agent and solvent.
| Descriptor ID |
D015107
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.540.150 D03.383.312.150
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| Concept/Terms |
4-Butyrolactone- 4-Butyrolactone
- 4 Butyrolactone
- gamma-Butyrolactone
- gamma Butyrolactone
- Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
- Furanone, tetrahydro-2-
- Furanone, tetrahydro 2
- 1,4-Butanolide
- 1,4 Butanolide
- 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- 4 Hydroxybutyric Acid Lactone
- Lactone, 4-Hydroxybutyric Acid
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "4-Butyrolactone" by people in Profiles.
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Flavier AB, Schell MA, Denny TP. An RpoS (sigmaS) homologue regulates acylhomoserine lactone-dependent autoinduction in Ralstonia solanacearum. Mol Microbiol. 1998 May; 28(3):475-86.
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Flavier AB, Ganova-Raeva LM, Schell MA, Denny TP. Hierarchical autoinduction in Ralstonia solanacearum: control of acyl-homoserine lactone production by a novel autoregulatory system responsive to 3-hydroxypalmitic acid methyl ester. J Bacteriol. 1997 Nov; 179(22):7089-97.