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  • noun medicine An antibiotic, having a cyclic oligopeptide structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces fulvissimus

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  • This ~63-kDa band also increases in the mitochondria-rich membrane fraction following treatment with valinomycin, which, unlike CCCP, depolarizes mitochondria by permeabilizing the membrane to K PINK1 selectively accumulates on depolarized mitochondria.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Derek P. Narendra et al. 2010

  • Park CN, Lee JM, Lee D, Kim BS (2008) Antifungal activity of valinomycin, a peptide antibiotic produced by

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ikechukwu Okoli et al. 2009

  • Cockrell RS, Harris EJ, Pressman BC (1966) Energetics of potassium transport in mitochondria induced by valinomycin.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ikechukwu Okoli et al. 2009

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