| liposome | <biochemistry> A spherical particle in an aqueous medium, formed by a lipid bilayer enclosing an aqueous compartment. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
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| daunorubicin | <chemical> Very toxic anthracycline aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from streptomyces peucetius and others, used in treatment of leukaemias and other neoplasms. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, anthracycline. Chemical name: 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 8-acetyl-10-((3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy)-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-1-methoxy-, (8S-cis)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| daunorubicin-doxorubicin polyketide synthase | <chemical> Required for doxorubicin biosynthesis; involved in the selection of propionyl-CoA as the starter unit to the formation of a decaketide and its cyclization to an aklanonic acid to the formation of doxorubicin; genbank l35560 Synonym: dnr-dxr pks, doxorubicin polyketide synthase, dxr pks, dps gene product (26 Jun 1999) |