Meanings
nounpseurotin (plural pseurotins)
plural pseurotins
- chemistryAny of a class of heterospirocyclic metabolites produced by Pseudeurotium ovalis
It is interesting to note that genes belonging to the biosynthesis gene cluster of the secondary metabolite pseurotin A [36 ] (grouped in the ID 01.20) were specifically induced by caspofungin (Fig 2F and 2G ).
2015 September 11, “Network Modeling Reveals Cross Talk of MAP Kinases during Adaptation to Caspofungin Stress in Aspergillus fumigatus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pseurotin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseurotin
MLA
“pseurotin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseurotin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseurotin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseurotin.
Source: pseurotin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.