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skyllamycins

skyllamycins is the plural of skyllamycin.

Meaning of skyllamycin

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

Questions about skyllamycins

What is skyllamycins the plural of?
Skyllamycins is the plural of skyllamycin.

Words near skyllamycins in the dictionary

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

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