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Preferred term

Erythromycin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Erythromycin A

Scope note

  • A bacteriostatic antibiotic macrolide produced by Streptomyces erythreus. Erythromycin A is considered its major active component. In sensitive organisms, it inhibits protein synthesis by binding to 50S ribosomal subunits. This binding process inhibits peptidyl transferase activity and interferes with translocation of amino acids during translation and assembly of proteins.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Abboticin
  • Abboticin Novum
  • Ermysin
  • erythromycinum
  • Swedish

  • Ery-Max
  • Erymax
  • Erytromycinfosfat

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004917

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