andrastin

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noun

Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase

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Meanings

nounandrastin (plural andrastins)

plural andrastins

  1. Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase

    The species produces andrastin A, curvulic acid, penicillic acid and xanthoepocin, and has unique partial β-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences.

    2015 December 31, “Penicillium excelsum sp . nov from the Brazil Nut Tree Ecosystem in the Amazon Basin’”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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