luminacin

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noun

Any of a particular group of angiogenesis inhibitors isolated from an actinomycete.

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nounluminacin (plural luminacins)

plural luminacins

  1. chemistryAny of a particular group of angiogenesis inhibitors isolated from an actinomycete.

    The structure of migracin is related to that of luminacin C. Luminacin C was isolated from Streptomyces sp. as an inhibitor of capillary tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC).

    2015 September 12, “Inhibition of IGF-1-Mediated Cellular Migration and Invasion by Migracin A in Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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