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Preferred Name

Dactinomycin

Definitions
A chromopeptide antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces parvulus. Dactinomycin intercalates between adjacent guanine-cytosine base pairs, blocking the transcription of DNA by RNA polymerase; it also causes single-strand DNA breaks, possibly via a free-radical intermediate or an interaction with topoisomerase II. (NCI04)
Synonyms
dactinomycin
Actinomycin-[thr-val-pro-sar-meval]
Lyovac cosmegen
Actinomycin D
Actinomycin I1
ACTINOMYCIN D
Actinomycin C1
Actinomycin IV
DACTINOMYCIN
Lyovac Cosmegen
Actinomycin A IV
Dactinomycin
Dactinomycine
Meractinomycin
Actinomycin X 1
2-bis[Cyclo(N-methyl-L-valyl-sarcosyl-L-prolyl-D-valyl-L-threonyl)]-1,9 dimethyl-4,6 3H-phenoxazinone-3
Cosmegen
DACT
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