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Abstract
Water-soluble, copper-containing low molecular weight polypeptides obtained from the culture medium of Streptomyces verticillus. They are specific inhibitors of DNA synthesis in bacteria and have been found to act as antitumor agents. They have also been used against rust fungi of plants.
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- Phleomycin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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91(81); was see under BLEOMYCINS 1981-90; was PHLEOMYCIN see under ANTIBIOTICS 1975-80
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- Antibiotics (1971-1974)
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (1971-1974)
- Peptides (1971-1974)
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- National Library of Medicine. Phleomycins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010692. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010692
- Phleomycins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phleomycin
- Phleomycins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16910345