Look up: actinomycin

1. actinomycin
   [n] - any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
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2. actinomycin
   A group of peptide antibiotic agents, isolated from several species of Streptomyces (originally Actinomyces), that are active against Gram-positive bacteria, fungi, and neoplasms. Actinomycins are chromopeptides, most containing the chromophore actinocin, and are derivatives of phenoxazine that diff...
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3. actinomycin
   noun any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
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4. actinomycin
   (ak″tĭ-no-mi´sin) a family of antibiotics from various species of Streptomyces, which are active against bacteria and fungi; it includes the antineoplastic agentdactinomycin (actinomycin D).
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5. actinomycin
   actinomycin (ăk"tunōmī'sun) , any one of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Actinomycin was the first antibiotic reported to be able to halt cancer; however, it is not widely used to treat cancers because it is highly toxic to humans, int...
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6. Actinomycin
   The `actinomycins` are a class of polypeptide antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, of which the most significant is `actinomycin D`. It was the first antibiotic isolated by Selman Waksman and his co-worker H. B. Woodruff in 1940.--> Mechanism: Actinomycin D is pr...
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