Class: Quinolone

ATCID "J01M" ()
CID "C0034428" ()
SID "372722000" ()
definition "A portion of substance belolnging to any of a class of antibiotics that act by interrupting the replication of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules in bacteria. The action involves inhibition of the bacteria's gyrase so that positively supercoiled DNA cannot be relaxed for DNA transcription and replication. An example is ciprofloxacin. (Definition derived from Mosby's Medical Dictionary)" ()
label "quinolone" ()
seeAlso "37084008" ()

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