English Explanatory Dictionary

brefeldin A

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum, inhibiting transport of proteins from ER to Golgi and inducing retrograde protein transport from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum.

Word forms

brefeldin A

Etymology

From Eupenicillium brefeldianum (a fungus in which it is found) + -in.

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