Class: Tetracyclines

ATCID "J01A" ()
SID "373206009" ()
definition "A portion of a broad-spectrum naphthacene antibiotic produced semisynthetically from chlortetracycline, an antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. In bacteria, tetracycline binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit, interferes with the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. (Definition derived from NCI)" ()
label "tetracyclines" ()
seeAlso "282831004" ()
seeAlso "66261008" ()

http://purl.org/imbi/dco/dco#Tetracyclines