Chemicals and Drugs

Cloacin

A bacteriocin produced by a plasmid that can occur in several bacterial strains. It is a basic protein of molecular weight 56,000 and exists in a complex with its immunity protein which protects the host bacterium from its effects.

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Abstract

A bacteriocin produced by a plasmid that can occur in several bacterial strains. It is a basic protein of molecular weight 56,000 and exists in a complex with its immunity protein which protects the host bacterium from its effects.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Cloacin Complex
  • Cloacin-Immunity Protein Complex
  • Cloacin Immunity Protein Complex
  • Complex, Cloacin
  • Complex, Cloacin-Immunity Protein

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Aspects Covered

26 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

91(80); was see under BACTERIOCINS 1980-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Bacteriocins (1966-1979)

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  1. D12.776w.097.151w.190

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cloacin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002989. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002989
  2. Cloacin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67201115