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- noun biochemistry A
lactone antibiotic produced byfungal 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.
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