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  • noun A natural antibiotic, related to platensimycin, occurring in strains of Streptomyces platensis

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Examples

  • Platensimycin and platencin are inhibitors of FabF and FabF

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Chaowei Zhang 2009

  • While platensimycin failed to inhibit mycobacterial Mt-FabH, it would be interesting to examine whether platencin is active against Mt-FabH.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Both platensimycin and platencin are structurally similar.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

  • Platensimycin contains a pentacyclic motif with a cyclic ether ring, whereas platencin contains a unique tetracyclic motif without the ether ring

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

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