"Naphthacenes" 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.
Polyacenes with four ortho-fused benzene rings in a straight linear arrangement. This group is best known for the subclass called TETRACYCLINES.
| Descriptor ID |
D009279
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.562 D04.615.562
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Crystal structure of XC5357 from Xanthomonas campestris: a putative tetracenomycin polyketide synthesis protein adopting a novel cupin subfamily structure. Proteins. 2006 Dec 01; 65(4):1046-50.