Boromycin is a boron-containing macrolide antibiotic that inhibits growth of B. subtilis and induces efflux of potassium ions from B. subtilis without affecting Na+/K±ATPase activity. It decreases the synthesis of protein, RNA, and DNA in B. subtilis, inhibits the growth of B. halodurans, and inhibits the futalosine pathway of menaquinone synthesis in B. halodurans. Boromycin reverses bleomycin-induced cell cycle arrest at the G2 phase in Jurkat cells. It inhibits replication of the HIV-1 strains LAV-1 and RF and the HIV-2 strain LAV-2 in MT-4 cells. It also inhibits replication of a clinical isolate of HIV-1, strain KK-1, in MT-4 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Providing storage is as stated on the product vial and the vial is kept tightly sealed, the product can be stored for up to 24 months.
Wherever possible, you should prepare and use solutions on the same day. However, if you need to make up stock solutions in advance, we recommend that you store the solution as aliquots in tightly sealed vials at -20°C. Generally, these will be useable for up to one month. Before use, and prior to opening the vial we recommend that you allow your product to equilibrate to room temperature for at least 1 hour.