Antibiotic
tetracycline antibiotic
tet·ra·cy·cline an·ti·bi·ot·ic
Definitions related to tetracycline antibiotics:
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(tetracycline) Group of napthacenecarboxamide biosynthetic antibiotics isolated from species of Streptomyces or produced semisynthetically, with a wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Any of a group of broad spectrum naphthacene antibiotics isolated from various species of Streptomyces or produced semisynthetically. In bacteria, tetracycline antibiotics block binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. (NCI05)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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