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Definition of Rifampicin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rifampicin

1. Semi synthetic member of the rifamycin group of antibiotics. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rifampicin

Literary usage of Rifampicin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bacterial Blight of Rice: Proceedings of the International Workshop on by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Although some rifampicin-resistant isolates could receive cosmid DNA via ... Both rifampicin resistance and ability to grow on Cz medium were stable after ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"rifampicin specifically inhibits the initiation, and not the polymerization, of RNA chains (36). The conclusion that cyclic AMP stimulates the initiation of ..."

3. Forest Tree Seed: For Germplasm Conservationby J. R. Sutherland, Marlene Diekmann, P. Berjak by J. R. Sutherland, Marlene Diekmann, P. Berjak (2002)
"The pH of the medium was adjusted to 6.6 prior to autoclaving, and the filter- sterilized rifampicin added after the autoclaved medium had cooled. ..."

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