phalloidin

British

/ fəˈlɔɪdɪn /

noun

a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides

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Etymology

Origin of phalloidin

C20: New Latin, from _phallus + _-oid + _-in

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Maximum projection of 5 images taken with a 1-µm step. b, Phalloidin staining of the cytoskeletal molecule F-actin and Hoechst staining of DNA show the localization of actin at cell–cell junctions.

From Nature

Or� affirmed that the phalloidin of the Amanita phalloides was very nearly related to, and perhaps identical with, strychnine.

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