Antibiotic
echinomycin
Subclass of:
Cyclic Peptides; Quinoxalines
Definitions related to echinomycin:
  • A cytotoxic polypeptide quinoxaline antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces echinatus that binds to DNA and inhibits RNA synthesis.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A polypeptide quinoxaline antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces echinatus. Echinomycin intercalates into DNA at two locations simultaneously in a sequence-specific fashion, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and RNA synthesis. (NCI04)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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