Definition of "ionomycin" [ionomycin]

• An ionophore produced by the bacterium Streptomyces conglobatus, used in research relating to calcium in the body. (noun)

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• "For example, Dimebon treatment improved mitochondrial function and increased the number of surviving cells after treatment with a cell toxin known as ionomycin in a dose dependent fashion."
• "Pen/Strep and 10% FCS, 0.5 µg/ml PMA, 0.5 µg/ml ionomycin for 3 h."
• "Transcriptome analysis revealed that ten times more genes were differentially expressed after PMA/ionomycin stimulation than after LPS stimulation."