Description
LeptomycinisapolyketideantibioticinitiallyproducedbyStreptomyces.Leptomycinexhibitsanticancerandantifungalactivity.LeptomycininhibitsCRM1,preventingnuclearexportofproteins.Inlungcancercells,leptomycininducesG1phasecellcyclearrest;incervicalcarcinomacells,leptomycinincreasesactivationofp53,inducingapoptosis.
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