"Gentamicins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A complex of three different closely related aminoglycoside sulfates, Gentamicins C1, C2, and C1(subA), obtained from Micromonospora purpurea and related species. They are broad-spectrum antibiotics, but may cause ear and kidney damage. They act to inhibit protein synthesis (GENETIC TRANSLATION).
| Descriptor ID |
D005839
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.408.051.374
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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