Cytochalasin D
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Cytochalasin D is a mycotoxin with a molecular weight of 507.618.
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Cytochalasin D is a cell permeable and potent inhibitor of actin polymerization. It disrupts actin microfilaments and activates the p53-dependent pathways causing arrest of the cell cycle at the G1-S transition.
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- MeSH Cytochalasin+D
- PubChem 5476249
- "GPIIb-IIIa antagonists cause rapid disaggregation of platelets pre-treated with cytochalasin D. Evidence that the stability of platelet aggregates depends on normal cytoskeletal assembly." (1998). Platelets 9 (3): 227–32. doi: . PMID 16793707.