Mechanism of action of the antimitotic drug 2,4-dichlorobenzyl thiocyanate: alkylation of sulfhydryl group(s) of beta-tubulin.
Bai R, Duanmu C, Hamel E.
Bai R, et al. Among authors: hamel e.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1989 Jan 19;994(1):12-20. doi: 10.1016/0167-4838(89)90056-3.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1989.
PMID: 2909252
The compound, 2,4-dichlorobenzyl thiocyanate (DCBT) was previously shown to cause mitotic arrest, disruption of intracellular microtubules, and inhibition of tubulin polymerization, with resistance to the drug conferred by a mutation in a beta-tubulin gene (Abraham, I., Dion, R.L …
The compound, 2,4-dichlorobenzyl thiocyanate (DCBT) was previously shown to cause mitotic arrest, disruption of intracellular microtubules, …