| Literature DB >> 3918884 |
J D Walton, E D Earle, H Stähelin, A Grieder, A Hirota, A Suzuki.
Abstract
Chlamydocin, a potent cytostatic agent against cultured mammalian cells, and HC-toxin, a host-specific phytotoxin, are cyclic tetrapeptides containing the same epoxide alpha-amino acid. We show here that these compounds have reciprocal biological activity; HC-toxin is cytostatic against cultured mastocytoma cells, and chlamydocin has host-specific toxin activity against maize. Chlamydocin and another related cyclic peptide, Cyl-2, are less host-specific than HC-toxin because maize tolerant to HC-toxin is more sensitive to chlamydocin and Cyl-2.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3918884 DOI: 10.1007/bf02004498
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754