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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > disease and pest management > pest management > pesticides > fungicides > blasticidin S
Research, Technology, Methods > drugs > anti-infective agents > antibiotics > blasticidin S
Research, Technology, Methods > chemical substances > biochemical compounds > nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides > nucleosides > blasticidin S
Fields of Study > biochemistry > biochemical compounds > nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides > nucleosides > blasticidin S
Preferred Term:

blasticidin S

Definition:
A nucleoside antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseochromogenes. It is a protein synthesis inhibitor in both prokaryltic and eukaryotic cells.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
antibiotics, nucleosides, fungicides
Entry Terms:
  • blasticidin S hydrochloride
  • blasticidin-S
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10192
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2017-11-17