Medical Definition of Chromomycins
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A complex of several closely related glycosidic antibiotics from streptomyces griseus. The major component, chromomycin a3, is used as a fluorescent stain of DNA where it attaches and inhibits RNA synthesis. It is also used as an antineoplastic agent, especially for solid tumours.
Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antineoplastic, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromomycins
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