Tunicamycin

"Tunicamycin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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An N-acetylglycosamine containing antiviral antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces lysosuperificus. It is also active against some bacteria and fungi, because it inhibits the glucosylation of proteins. Tunicamycin is used as tool in the study of microbial biosynthetic mechanisms.

Descriptor ID	D014415
MeSH Number(s)	D03.383.742.680.725 D13.570.685.725
Concept/Terms	Tunicamycin Tunicamycin

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring [D03.383]
Pyrimidines [D03.383.742]
Pyrimidine Nucleosides [D03.383.742.680]
Tunicamycin [D03.383.742.680.725]
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
Nucleosides [D13.570]
Pyrimidine Nucleosides [D13.570.685]
Tunicamycin [D13.570.685.725]

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