Definition of valinomycin

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val·in·o·my·cin

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n) KEY

NOUN:

An antibiotic, C₅₄H₉₀N₆O₁₈, produced by the actinomycete B Streptomyces fulvissimus, that increases the transport of potassium across cell membranes.

ETYMOLOGY:
valin(e) + -mycin

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