The University of Chicago Header Logo

Amanitins

"Amanitins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
Cyclic peptides extracted from carpophores of various mushroom species. They are potent inhibitors of RNA polymerases in most eukaryotic species, blocking the production of mRNA and protein synthesis. These peptides are important in the study of transcription. Alpha-amanitin is the main toxin from the species Amanitia phalloides, poisonous if ingested by humans or animals.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amanitins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Amanitins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
People
Explore
_
Similar Concepts expand description
_
Top Journals expand description