archazolid

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Noun

archazolid (plural archazolids)

1. Any of a class of cytotoxic macrolactones produced by myxobacteria of the genus Archangium
   • 2016 March 8, “The BH3 Mimetic Obatoclax Accumulates in Lysosomes and Causes Their Alkalinization”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     It is also noteworthy that both bafilomycin and archazolid, inhibitors of the vacuolar ATPase, both cause lysosomal alkalinization and cell death [39, 40 ].