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  • noun medicine Any of a family of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces bacteria

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  • In addition to trichostatin A and trapoxin, which inhibit histone deacetylation, and spliceostatin A, which inhibits splicing, Yoshida discovered leptomycin B, which inhibits the nuclear export process in which proteins are transported from a nucleus to the cell's cytoplasm.

    innovations-report 2008

  • In addition to trichostatin A and trapoxin, which inhibit histone deacetylation, and spliceostatin A, which inhibits splicing, Yoshida discovered leptomycin B, which inhibits the nuclear export process in which proteins are transported from a nucleus to the cell's cytoplasm.

    innovations-report 2008

  • In addition to trichostatin A and trapoxin, which inhibit histone deacetylation, and spliceostatin A, which inhibits splicing, Yoshida discovered leptomycin B, which inhibits the nuclear export process in which proteins are transported from a nucleus to the cell's cytoplasm.

    innovations-report 2008

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