mitomycin

[ mī′tə-mī′sĭn ]

n.

Any of a group of antibiotics produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces caespitosus that inhibit DNA synthesis and are used against bacteria and cancerous tumor cells.

Words nearby mitomycin

mitochondrial eve, mitochondrion, mitogen, mitogenesis, mitogenetic, mitomycin, mitosis, mitotic figure, mitotic rate, mitotic spindle, mitoxantrone hydrochloride