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rebeccamycin

n. A particular antitumor drug.

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Rebeccamycin

Rebeccamycin is a weak topoisomerase I inhibitor isolated from Streptomyces sp. It is structurally similar to staurosporine, but does not show any inhibitory activity against protein kinases. It shows significant antitumor properties in vitro (IC=480nM against mouse B16 melanoma cells and IC=500nM against P388 leukemia cells).