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==Description==
Synonym: Paclitaxel


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"Invitrogen offers paclitaxel for research purposes only at a purity of >98% by HPLC. Paclitaxel, formerly referred to as taxol in some scientific literature, is the approved generic name for the anticancer pharmaceutical Taxol (a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co). Paclitaxel promotes tubulin assembly, producing aggregates that cannot be depolymerized by dilution, calcium ions, cold or a number of microtubule-disrupting drugs. Cultured cells treated with paclitaxel are blocked in the G2 and M phases of the cell cycle."
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==Genes Affected==
 
==Suppliers==
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==Usage Notes==
 
==References==
*[http://www.xenbase.org/literature/article.do?method=display&articleId=11687 Lautermilch et al., 2000]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 13 October 2015

Description

Synonym: Paclitaxel

"Invitrogen offers paclitaxel for research purposes only at a purity of >98% by HPLC. Paclitaxel, formerly referred to as taxol in some scientific literature, is the approved generic name for the anticancer pharmaceutical Taxol (a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co). Paclitaxel promotes tubulin assembly, producing aggregates that cannot be depolymerized by dilution, calcium ions, cold or a number of microtubule-disrupting drugs. Cultured cells treated with paclitaxel are blocked in the G2 and M phases of the cell cycle."

  • -Molecular probes product description

Genes Affected

Suppliers

Usage Notes

References

>400 Xenbase articles contain a reference to taxol according to textpresso