maytansine
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Maytenus + -ine? from the plant from which it can be isolated.
Noun
[edit]maytansine (countable and uncountable, plural maytansines)
- A cytotoxic agent that inhibits the assembly of microtubules by binding to tubulin at the rhizoxin binding site.