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actinoleukin

actinoleukin noun: a toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria.

Noun

actinoleukin (uncountable)

  1. A toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria
    • The data showed that 17 had more than 75% of cytotoxicity to either L1210 cells (mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells) or A549 cells (human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells) and 9 of them contained well-known antibiotics, such as actinoleukin, actinomycin, and hygromycin.2015 November 17, “A New Screen for Tuberculosis Drug Candidates Utilizing a Luciferase-Expressing Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guéren”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about actinoleukin

What does actinoleukin mean?
Actinoleukin means a toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria.
What part of speech is actinoleukin?
Actinoleukin is a noun.

Words near actinoleukin in the dictionary

  1. actinohodin
  2. actinoid
  3. actinoids
  4. actinolepid
  5. actinolepids
  6. actinoleukin
  7. actinolichen
  8. actinolichens
  9. actinolite
  10. actinolites
  11. actinolitic

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