Application of mutation of T2 phage from h+ to h to screening of antitumor antibiotics produced by actinomycetes.
1967
S Nakamura, and
S Omura, and
M Hamada, and
T Nishimura, and
H Yamaki
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008937
Mitomycins
A group of methylazirinopyrroloindolediones obtained from certain Streptomyces strains. They are very toxic antibiotics used as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS in some solid tumors. PORFIROMYCIN and MITOMYCIN are the most useful members of the group.
D009154
Mutation
Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.
Mutations
D000190
Actinomyces
A genus of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria whose organisms are nonmotile. Filaments that may be present in certain species are either straight or wavy and may have swollen or clubbed heads.
D000903
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Chemical substances, produced by microorganisms, inhibiting or preventing the proliferation of neoplasms.