Cycloheximide

Description

"Cycloheximide (CHX) is an antibiotic produced by S. griseus. Its main biological activity is translation inhibition in eukaryotes resulting in cell growth arrest and cell death. CHX is widely used for selection of CHX-resistant strains of yeast and fungi, controlled inhibition of protein synthesis for detection of short-lived proteins and super-induction of protein expression, and apoptosis induction or facilitation of apoptosis induction by death receptors."

• • -Sigma Description

Cycloheximide structure, photo from Sigma-Aldrich

Suppliers

• Sigma c7698
• Santa Cruz sc-3508
• Tocris 0970
• Enzo
• Abcam ab120093

References

• Germain et al., 2000
• Henningfeld et al., 2002
• Zhang et al., 2014

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