ECB-ART-30970
Science
1975 Sep 19;1894207:1002-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1241159.
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Antimitotic activity of the potent tumor inhibitor maytansine.
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Maytansine, at 6x10(-8)M, irreversibly inhibits cell division in eggs of sea urchins and clams. It causes the disappearance of a mitotic apparatus or prevents one from forming if added at early stages. Maytansine does not affect formation of the mitotic organizing center but does inhibit in vitro polymerization of tubulin. Maytansine and vincristine inhibit in vitro polymerization of tubulin at about the same concentrations, but vincristine is about 100 times less effective as an inhibitor of cleavage in marine eggs.
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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC115919910 tubgcp2