Meanings
plural phenanthridinones
- countableuncountablechemistryA cyclic amide derived from phenanthridine that has immunosuppressant activity
There are four main inhibitor platforms ( Figure 6 ), one consisting of a water-soluble phenanthridinone backbone (PJ34), and the second is a naphthalimide derivative that is more nonpolar (NAP).
2015 July 24, Miguel R. Lugo, A. Rod Merrill, Ken Teter, “The Father, Son and Cholix Toxin: The Third Member of the DT Group Mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase Toxin Family”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI
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