anisomycin

noun

an·iso·my·cin ¦a-ˌnī-sə-¦mī-sᵊn How to pronounce anisomycin (audio)

a-¦nī-

: a white crystalline antibiotic C₁₄H₁₉NO₄obtained from a soil streptomycete (Streptomyces griseolus) that inhibits protein synthesis, is effective against certain pathogenic protozoans and fungi, and is used especially in laboratory research

The application of various inhibitors of protein synthesis such as anisomycin and cycloheximide disrupts long-term memory formation, while it leaves short-term memory almost intact.

Satoru Otani and Yehezkel Ben-Ari, International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 35, 1993

Word History

Etymology

probably from anisoyl, alternate name for methoxybenzoyl, a chemical component of the antibiotic (from anis(ic acid) + -oyl, in benzoyl) + -mycin

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

单词	anisomycin
释义	anisomycin noun an·iso·my·cin ¦a-ˌnī-sə-¦mī-sᵊn a-¦nī- : a white crystalline antibiotic C₁₄H₁₉NO₄obtained from a soil streptomycete (Streptomyces griseolus) that inhibits protein synthesis, is effective against certain pathogenic protozoans and fungi, and is used especially in laboratory research The application of various inhibitors of protein synthesis such as anisomycin and cycloheximide disrupts long-term memory formation, while it leaves short-term memory almost intact. Satoru Otani and Yehezkel Ben-Ari, International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 35, 1993 Word History Etymology probably from anisoyl, alternate name for methoxybenzoyl, a chemical component of the antibiotic (from anis(ic acid) + -oyl, in benzoyl) + -mycin First Known Use 1954, in the meaning defined above
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