Medical Definition of Dactinomycin

1. An antitumour antibiotic derived from streptomyces parvullus. It binds to DNA and inhibits RNA synthesis (transcription), with chain elongation more sensitive than initiation, termination, or release. As a result of impaired mRNA production, protein synthesis also declines after dactinomycin therapy. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, antineoplastic, antibiotics, peptide, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors, protein synthesis inhibitor. Chemical name: Actinomycin D (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dactinomycin

dacryocystitis
dacryocystocele
dacryocystogram
dacryocystorhinostomy
dacryocystotomy
dacryohemorrhea
dacryohemorrhoea
dacryolith
dacryolithiasis
dacryon
dacryops
dacryopyorrhoea
dacryorrhoea
dacryostenosis
dacryphilia
dactinomycin (current term)
dactyl
dactyl-
dactylagra
dactylalgia
dactylar
dactylectomies
dactylectomy
dactyledema
dactylet
dactylets
dactyli
dactyli ology
dactylic
dactylic rhyme

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