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RAPAMYCIN

Immunosuppressive macrolide antibiotic with structural similarity to FK506, inhibits T and B-cell proliferation but at a many later stage than FK506, despite binding to the same immunophilin. Inhibits TOR (target of rapamycin) in the Ras/MAP kinase signalling pathway. This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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