lipophosphonoxins

A form of lipophosphonoxin — Any of a family of antibacterial agents having a structure based on a nucleoside, an iminosugar and a lipophilic alkyl chain all linked via a phosphonate group

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noun
  1. pluralplural of lipophosphonoxin

    The general structure of lipophosphonoxins consists of four modules: (i) a nucleoside module, (ii) an iminosugar module, (iii) a hydrophobic module (lipophilic alkyl chain), and (iv) a phosphonate linker module that holds together modules (i)-(iii).

    2015 December 31, “Insights into the Mechanism of Action of Bactericidal Lipophosphonoxins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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