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rhizoxin

rhizoxin noun: an antimitotic agent with antitumor activity, isolated from a pathogenic plant fungus (Rhizopus microsporus) which causes rice seedling blight.

Noun

rhizoxin (countable and uncountable, plural rhizoxins)

  1. An antimitotic agent with antitumor activity, isolated from a pathogenic plant fungus (Rhizopus microsporus) which causes rice seedling blight

Forms of rhizoxin

pluralrhizoxins

Questions about rhizoxin

What does rhizoxin mean?
Rhizoxin means an antimitotic agent with antitumor activity, isolated from a pathogenic plant fungus (Rhizopus microsporus) which causes rice seedling blight.
What part of speech is rhizoxin?
Rhizoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of rhizoxin?
The plural of rhizoxin is rhizoxins.

Words near rhizoxin in the dictionary

  1. rhizotoxins
  2. rhizotron
  3. rhizotrone
  4. rhizotrones
  5. rhizotrons
  6. rhizoxin
  7. rhizoxins
  8. rhlA
  9. rho
  10. rho meson
  11. rho mesons

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