actinoleukin

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noun

A toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria

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Meanings

nounactinoleukin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria

    The data showed that 17 had more than 75% of cytotoxicity to either L1210 cells (mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells) or A549 cells (human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells) and 9 of them contained well-known antibiotics, such as actinoleukin, actinomycin, and hygromycin.

    2015 November 17, “A New Screen for Tuberculosis Drug Candidates Utilizing a Luciferase-Expressing Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guéren”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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