actinoleukin

English

Noun

actinoleukin (uncountable)

1. A toxic antibiotic produced by streptomycete bacteria
   • 2015 November 17, “A New Screen for Tuberculosis Drug Candidates Utilizing a Luciferase-Expressing Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guéren”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The data showed that 17 had more than 75% of cytotoxicity to either L1210 cells (mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells) or A549 cells (human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells) and 9 of them contained well-known antibiotics, such as actinoleukin, actinomycin, and hygromycin.