Antibiotic
netropsin
Subclass of:
Oligopeptides
Definitions related to netropsin:
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A basic polypeptide isolated from Streptomyces netropsis. It is cytotoxic and its strong, specific binding to A-T areas of DNA is useful to genetics research.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Basic oligopeptide antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces netropsis; it is cytotoxic and is useful in genetics research because it binds specifically and strongly to adenine-thymine areas of DNA.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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