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viomycin

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viomycin [‚vī·ə′mīs·ən]
(microbiology)
A polypeptide antibiotic or mixture of antibiotic substances produced by strains ofStreptomyces griseusvar.purpureus(Streptomyces puniceus); the sulfate salt is administered intramuscularly for treatment of tuberculosis resistant to other therapy.
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Molecular analysis of cross-resistance to capreomycin, kanamycin, amikacin, and viomycin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Worldwide emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis by Cegielski, J. Peter / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In experiments conducted by Wu and Janssen [4], removal of an untranslated leader from mRNA for the viomycin phosphotransferase (vph) gene of Streptomyces vinaceus did not prevent its heterologous translation in E.
5'-proximal AUG sequences as translation initiation signals on mRNAs ... by Jones III, Robert L. / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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