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Definition of Cytochalasin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cytochalasin

1. A group of fungal metabolites that inhibit the addition of G actin to a nucleation site and therefore perturb labile microfilament arrays. Cytochalasin B inhibits at around 1 microgram/ml but at about 5 _g/ml begins to inhibit glucose transport. Cytochalasin D affects only the microfilament system and is therefore preferable. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Cytochalasin

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1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"As asly reported, cytochalasin B induced i capping in alveolar macrophages, ... 1, cytochalasin B prevented colchicine-induced Con A capping in both the ..."

2. Pathogens of Soybean Seeds: Bibliographyby Andrew Kalinski by Andrew Kalinski (1999)
"Toxic, cytochalasin-like compounds from Macrophomina phaseolina. Phytopathology 79:1166. PB: 9001 TO 9012 BEKELE, E. 1990. FHB of wheat and Fusarium toxins ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and FMLP with cytochalasin В (FMLP/CB) were measured prior to the administration of the antioxidant/placebo after 4 ..."

4. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"... and the primary defect appears to be a disruption of microfilaments similar to the action produced with cytochalasin B (Phillips et al. 1978). ..."

5. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"In these studies cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of microfila- ment assembly, did not influence TNF- mediated IL-8 release but substantially inhibited ..."

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