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tetracycline antibiotic

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-017089

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-017089
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsTetracyclines; Tetracycline Antibiotics
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-017089",
  "term": "tetracycline antibiotic",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Tetracyclines",
    "Tetracycline Antibiotics"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tetracycline-antibiotic/"
}

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