Definition of Actinomycin

1. Noun. Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria.

Generic synonyms: Antibiotic, Antibiotic Drug

Definition of Actinomycin

1. Noun. (protein pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria of genus ''Streptomyces''. ¹

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Definition of Actinomycin

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Medical Definition of Actinomycin

1. 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 differ in their amino acids and their sequence in the peptide chains; they form complexes with DNA and therefore inhibit RNA synthesis, primarily the ribosomal type. Actinomycin A, the first of the actinomycin's isolated in crystalline form. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinomycin

actinometry
actinomorphic
actinomorphies
actinomorphous
actinomorphy
actinomycelial
actinomyces
actinomyces viscosus
actinomycetaceae
actinomycetal
actinomycetales
actinomycetales infections
actinomycete
actinomycetes
actinomycetous
actinomycin (current term)
actinomycin C
actinomycin D
actinomycin F1
actinomycin lactonase
actinomycins
actinomycoma
actinomycoses
actinomycosis
actinomycotic
actinomycotic appendicitis
actinomyxidian
actinon
actinoneuritis
actinons

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