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chetomin

chetomin noun: a complex epidithiodioxopiperazine metabolite, produced by several fungi of the genus Chaetomium, that disrupts the ability of tumours to adapt to hypoxia.

Noun

chetomin (uncountable)

  1. A complex epidithiodioxopiperazine metabolite, produced by several fungi of the genus Chaetomium, that disrupts the ability of tumours to adapt to hypoxia

Origin of chetomin

Chaetomium + -in

Questions about chetomin

What does chetomin mean?
Chetomin means a complex epidithiodioxopiperazine metabolite, produced by several fungi of the genus Chaetomium, that disrupts the ability of tumours to adapt to hypoxia.
What part of speech is chetomin?
Chetomin is a noun.

Words near chetomin in the dictionary

  1. Chetna
  2. chetnik
  3. chetniks
  4. Chetnole
  5. chetocin
  6. chetomin
  7. chetopod
  8. chetopods
  9. chetotaxy
  10. Chetral
  11. chetrum

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