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Illustration of a taxol molecule (ball-and-stick model) and microtubules (blue and yellow). Taxol was first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) and is now made synthetically. Taxol is an anti-cancer drug which stabilises microtubules in cells, disrupting their disassembly. This action results in chromosomes being unable to achieve a metaphase spindle configuration disrupting the progression of cell division (mitosis). Taxol can also prevent the microtubule detachment from centrosomes, a process normally activated during mitosis. Taxol atoms are represented as spheres and are colour-coded: carbon (grey), oxygen (red) and nitrogen (blue). Hydrogen atoms have been omitted.
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