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antimycin A

by BioTech

Mon Jul 08 2002 at 20:09:16

This antibiotic is used to kill fungi, insects and mites; it works by blocking mitochondrial respiration by interrupting the electron transport chain in those organelles.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

Electron Transport Chain	piscicide	antimycotic	Bam islands
antibiotic	mitochondria

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