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antitubulin

antitubulin adjective: inhibiting the action of tubulin.

Adjective

antitubulin (not comparable)

  1. Inhibiting the action of tubulin.
    • Clinical resistance to the Bcr-Abl inhibitor imatinib is a critical problem in treating CML. This study investigated the antitumor effect and mechanism of MPT0B169, a new antitubulin agent, in K562 CML cells and their derived imatinib-resistant cells, IMR2 and IMR3.2016 January 28, “MPT0B169, a New Antitubulin Agent, Inhibits Bcr-Abl Expression and Induces Mitochondrion-Mediated Apoptosis in Nonresistant and Imatinib-Resistant Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells”...

Noun

antitubulin (plural antitubulins)

  1. Any agent that inhibits the action of tubulin.

Forms of antitubulin

pluralantitubulins

Origin of antitubulin

From anti- + tubulin.

Questions about antitubulin

What does antitubulin mean?
Antitubulin means inhibiting the action of tubulin.
What part of speech is antitubulin?
Antitubulin can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antitubulin in the dictionary

  1. antituberculostatic
  2. antituberculostatics
  3. antituberculotic
  4. antituberculotics
  5. antituberculous
  6. antitubulin
  7. antitubulins
  8. antitumor
  9. antitumoral
  10. antitumorigenesis
  11. antitumorigenic

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