Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry An organic compound of lipids and peptides.

Etymologies

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From lipo- + peptide.

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Examples

  • The molecule, a lipopeptide, had a unique mechanism.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Enzymatic and chemical modifications of lipopeptide antibiotic A21978C: the synthesis and evaluation of daptomycin LY146032.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Enzymatic and chemical modifications of lipopeptide antibiotic A21978C: the synthesis and evaluation of daptomycin LY146032.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • It has developed several types of resistance to vancomycin, a glycopeptide, which for decades was the MRSA drug of last resort, and is beginning to exhibit resistance to drugs in newly developed families that were intended to replace vancomycin: linezolid (Zyvox), an oxazolidinone, and daptomycin (marketed as Cubicin), a lipopeptide.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • The molecule, a lipopeptide, had a unique mechanism.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • It has developed several types of resistance to vancomycin, a glycopeptide, which for decades was the MRSA drug of last resort, and is beginning to exhibit resistance to drugs in newly developed families that were intended to replace vancomycin: linezolid (Zyvox), an oxazolidinone, and daptomycin (marketed as Cubicin), a lipopeptide.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • It has developed several types of resistance to vancomycin, a glycopeptide, which for decades was the MRSA drug of last resort, and is beginning to exhibit resistance to drugs in newly developed families that were intended to replace vancomycin: linezolid (Zyvox), an oxazolidinone, and daptomycin (marketed as Cubicin), a lipopeptide.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • The molecule, a lipopeptide, had a unique mechanism.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Enzymatic and chemical modifications of lipopeptide antibiotic A21978C: the synthesis and evaluation of daptomycin LY146032.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Bettahi I, Nesburn AB, Yoon S, Zhang X, Mohebbi A, et al. (2007) Protective immunity against ocular herpes infection and disease induced by highly immunogenic self-adjuvanting glycoprotein D lipopeptide vaccines.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher R. Cotter et al. 2010

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