OBO ID: GO:0043646 |
Term Name: | cephalosporin biosynthetic process | Search Ontology: | |
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Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a cephalosporin, any of large class of tetracyclic triterpene broad-spectrum antibiotics similar both chemically and in their mode of action to penicillin, first isolated from the culture filtrates of mediterranean fungus acremonium (cephalosporium acremonium), and effective against gram-positive bacteria. Cephalosporin | ||
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Ontology: | GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO |
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