National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Tetracycline Antibiotic
Synonyms

Tetracycline Antibiotic

Tetracycline Antibiotics

Tetracyclines

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. (NCI05)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1595

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:26895

code

C1595

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

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. (NCI05)

FULL_SYN

Tetracycline Antibiotic

Tetracycline Antibiotics

Tetracyclines

label

Tetracycline Antibiotic

Legacy Concept Name

Tetracycline_Antibiotic

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

470241

NCI_META_CUI

CL557616

PDQ_Closed_Trial_Search_ID

470241

PDQ_Open_Trial_Search_ID

470241

Preferred_Name

Tetracycline Antibiotic

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C1595

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

Antibiotic

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C258

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C784

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