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andrastin

andrastin noun: any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase.

Noun

andrastin (plural andrastins)

  1. Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase
    • The species produces andrastin A, curvulic acid, penicillic acid and xanthoepocin, and has unique partial β-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences.2015 December 31, “Penicillium excelsum sp . nov from the Brazil Nut Tree Ecosystem in the Amazon Basin’”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of andrastin

pluralandrastins

Words formed from andrastin

Questions about andrastin

What does andrastin mean?
Andrastin means any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase.
What part of speech is andrastin?
Andrastin is a noun.
What is the plural of andrastin?
The plural of andrastin is andrastins.

Words near andrastin in the dictionary

  1. andragogical
  2. andragogy
  3. andragologist
  4. andragologists
  5. Andras
  6. andrastin
  7. andrastin A
  8. andrastins
  9. Andrasz
  10. Andre
  11. Andrea

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