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actinomycin

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ac·ti·no·my·cin  (kt-n-msn)
n.
Any of various red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics obtained from soil bacteria.

actinomycin [ˌæktɪnəʊˈmaɪsɪn]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, used in treating some cancers; the most commonly used is dactinomycin (actinomycin D)
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Noun1.actinomycin - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"


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13 Before 1986, chemotherapy comprised varying regimens of induction and maintenance therapy including vincristine, adriamycin, cyclophosfamide and actinomycin D.
A THERMODYNAMIC AND KINETIC STUDY OF ACTINOMYCIN D BINDING TO ATYPICAL-T(G)nT-SEQUENCES IN DOUBLE STRANDED DNA.
Cells treated with Actinomycin D (a known inducer of apoptosis) or Sol B demonstrated the typical apoptotic DNA ladder on agarose gel electrophoresis.
 
 
 
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