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Phleomycins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Phleomycin

Scope note

  • Water-soluble, copper-containing low molecular weight polypeptides obtained from the culture medium of Streptomyces verticillus. They are specific inhibitors of DNA synthesis in bacteria and have been found to act as antitumor agents. They have also been used against rust fungi of plants.

History note

  • 91(81); was see under BLEOMYCINS 1981-90; was PHLEOMYCIN see under ANTIBIOTICS 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010692

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