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Migrastatin
Introduction
Template:Chembox new Migrastatin is an organic compound which naturally occurs in the Streptomyces platensis bacteria. Migrastatin and several of its analogues (including Isomigrastatin) have shown to be useful in treating cancer, as it inhibits the metastasis of cancer cells.[1]
References
- ↑ Shan, D; et al. (2005). “Synthetic analogues of migrastatin that inhibit mammary tumor metastasis in mice”. PNAS. 102 (10): 3772–3776.doi:10.1073/pnas.0500658102