virstatin
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- (organic chemistry) The benzo-isoquinoline 4-(1,3-dioxo-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)butanoic acid that inhibits the expression of cholera toxin
- 2015 September 12, “Suppression of Virulence of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae by Anethole through the Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein Signaling System”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- In a previous study, synthetic compound virstatin inhibited CT production by affecting ToxT post transcriptionally [14 ].