Description
Kendomycinisacytotoxicmacrolideantibioticthatexhibitsantibacterialandanticanceractivities.Kendomycininducesdepolarizationofthemitochondrialmembranepotentialandactivatescaspase3,inducingapoptosisinlymphomacells.KendomycininhibitstheproteasomeandalsobindsBcl-xl.KendomycinisalsoanantagoNISTatendothelinreceptors.
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