Tunicamycin is a mixture of Tunicamycins A, B, C and D. It is a nucleoside antibiotic active in vitro against Gram-positive bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and viruses. Tunicamycin has been used to study the effect of N-linked glycosylation of human proton-coupled folate transporter (HsPCFT) in HeLa…

Staurosporin is an antibiotic which is isolated from Streptomyces species, possesses inhibitory activity against fungi and yeasts. It is potent inhibitor of phospolipid/Ca2+ dependent and cyclic nucleotide dependent protein kinases, a potent protein kinase inhibitor useful as a tool for studies on…

Actinomycin D is a polypeptide antibiotic first described by Waksman. It is bacteriostatic in nature, especially towards gram negative bacteria, and also has anti-tumor activity. Actinomycin D has a wide-ranging applications ranging from a selection agent in cell culture, use in studies of…

Rapamycin is a member of the macrolide immunosuppressant family and a FRAP inhibitor. Rapamycin is unique in its ability to inhibit lymphokine induced cell proliferation at the G1 and S phase as well as an irreversible cellular arrest at the G1 phase in S. cerevisiae cells. It also exhibits…

Paclitaxel has been used as a component of the dechorionation buffer for Gryllus bimaculatus eggs. Paclitaxel has also been used for studying its effect on the movement of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) differentiated NB4 cells. Antitumor and antileukemic agent which lowers the critical…

Oligomycin is a natural antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes, which is a mixture of oligomycins A, B, and C. Oligomycin is used as antibiotic which inhibits respiration in mitochondria. It inhibits ATP synthase by blocking its proton channel (F0 subunit), which is necessary…