Pyrrolobenzodiazepine

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A class of compounds with antibiotic and anti-tumor properties.

    "SG2000 (SJG-136, NSC694501) is a rationally designed pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer which interacts sequence selectively in the minor groove of DNA."

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"SG2000 (SJG-136, NSC694501) is a rationally designed pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer which interacts sequence selectively in the minor groove of DNA."

Etymology

From pyrrol + -o- + benzo- + di- + azepine.

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