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skyllamycin

skyllamycin noun: either of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.

Noun

skyllamycin (plural skyllamycins)

  1. Either of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.
    • The cytochrome P450 encoded (sky32) is associated with the skyllamycin biosynthesis gene cluster.2016 February 19, “Prediction of Certain Well-Characterized Domains of Known Functions within the PE and PPE Proteins of Mycobacteria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of skyllamycin

pluralskyllamycins

Questions about skyllamycin

What does skyllamycin mean?
Skyllamycin means either of a pair of cyclodepsipeptides that are produced by bacteria and fungi and are pharmaceutically used as antibacterials, immunosuppressives, cytostatics and antihelmintics.
What part of speech is skyllamycin?
Skyllamycin is a noun.
What is the plural of skyllamycin?
The plural of skyllamycin is skyllamycins.

Words near skyllamycin in the dictionary

  1. skylines
  2. skyling
  3. skylings
  4. skylining
  5. skylit
  6. skyllamycin
  7. skyllamycins
  8. skylore
  9. skylores
  10. skyly
  11. skymaiden

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