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Fredericamycin A affects mitochondrial inheritance and morphology in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Nov 2005
Imamura Yuko, Yukawa Masashi, Kimura Ken-ichi, Takahashi Hidetoshi, Suzuki Yoshihiro, Ojika Makoto, Sakagami Youji, Tsuchiya Eiko
Abstract excerpt
Fredericamycin A (FMA) is an antibiotic product of Streptomyces griseus that exhibits modest antitumor activity in vivo and in vitro, but, its functions in vivo are poorly understood. We identified this compound as an inducer of G1 arrest in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FMA exhibits an IC50 of 24 nM towards the growth of a disruptant of multi-drug resistance genes, W303-MLC30, and its cytotoxicity is a...
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