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Powder
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Redororangepowder
Source
StreptomycesSp.
MeltingPoint
243°C-248°C
Assay
≥95.0%
LossonDrying
≤5.0%
ActinomycinDisanantineoplasticantibioticthatinhibitscellproliferationbyactingasacytotoxicinducerofapoptosisagainsttumorcells.
Thisproductisconsideredadangerousgood.Quantitiesabove1gmaybesubjecttoadditionalshippingfees.Pleasecontactusforspecificquestions.
50-76-0
C62H86N12O16
1255.42
Actinomycinisacyclicpolypeptide-containingantibioticthatbindstoDNAandinhibitsRNApolymeraseactivity.BecauseActinomycincanbindDNAduplexes,itcanalsointerferewithDNAreplication,althoughotherchemicalssuchashydroxyureaarebettersuitedforuseinthelaboratoryasinhibitorsofDNAsynthesis.ActinomycinDanditsfluorescentderivative,7-aminoactinomycinD(7-AAD),areusedasstainsinmicroscopyandflowcytometryapplications.Theaffinityofthesestains/compoundsforGC-richregionsofDNAstrandsmakesthemexcellentMarkersforDNA.7-AADbindstosinglestrandedDNA;thereforeitisausefultoolindeterminingapoptosisanddistinguishingbetweendeadandalivecells.
-20°C
2941.90.1050
Powder
Redororangepowder
StreptomycesSp.
243°C-248°C
≥95.0%
≤5.0%