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…

A metabolite with a broad antibiotic spectrum. Inhibitor of mitochonclrial action. K+-selective ionophoric cyclodepsipeptide; potassium ionophore which uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, induces apoptosis in murine thymocytes, inhibits NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and antagonizes…

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…

Alamethacin is a mixture of alamethicin homologs. It is a membrane permeabilizing antibiotic. Alamethicin applications includes increasing [32P] incorporation into phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and mermeabilization of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles.It causes fusion of lipid vesicles. It…

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…