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Preferred Name

tetracycline antibiotic

Synonyms

Tetracycline Antibiotics

Definitions

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. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1595" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1595" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000470241

altLabel

Tetracycline Antibiotics

Tetracyclines

cui

C1744619

DATE FIRST PUBLISHED

2006-02-21

definition

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. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1595" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1595" NCI Thesaurus)

NCI ID

C1595

notation

CDR0000470241

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

tetracycline antibiotic

tui

T109

T195

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