Gliotoxin

noun

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Noun

1
A mycotoxin, originally isolated from Albifimbria verrucaria (syn. Gliocladium fimbriatum), that causes apoptosis of certain cells.

Etymology

From the fungi species Gliocladium fimbriatum + toxin.

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gliocladium fimbriatum

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