Preferred Name

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

Synonyms
Definitions

Any quinolone antibiotic with a fluorine (F) atom attached to the quinolone structure, with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Fluoroquinolones diffuse through the bacterial cell wall and act by inhibiting bacterial topoisomerase II, DNA gyrase and/or bacterial topoisomerase IV, which are enzymes involved in bacterial DNA replication. This prevents DNA replication and leads to a blockage of bacterial cell proliferation.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C126712

code

C126712

Contributing_Source

CTRP

definition

Any quinolone antibiotic with a fluorine (F) atom attached to the quinolone structure, with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Fluoroquinolones diffuse through the bacterial cell wall and act by inhibiting bacterial topoisomerase II, DNA gyrase and/or bacterial topoisomerase IV, which are enzymes involved in bacterial DNA replication. This prevents DNA replication and leads to a blockage of bacterial cell proliferation.

Display_Name

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116977

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116978

label

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

Preferred_Name

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

prefixIRI

NCIT:C126712

prefLabel

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C0949665

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C795

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