kanamycin a meaning

[Medicine]
Antibiotic complex produced by Streptomyces kanamyceticus from Japanese soil. Comprises 3 components: kanamycin A,the major component,and kanamycins B and C,the minor components.

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1. This latter strain has been useful to plant biotechnologists who use kanamycin as a selectable marker on their binary plasmids.
2. Kanamycin is a mixture of three main components : kanamycin A, B, and C . Kanamycin A is the major component in kanamycin.
3. Kanamycin is a mixture of three main components : kanamycin A, B, and C . Kanamycin A is the major component in kanamycin.
4. While the main product produced by " Streptomyces kanamyceticus " is kanamycin A, additional products are also produced, including kanamycin B, kanamycin C, kanamycin D and kanamycin X.