Calicheamicin is an antibiotic derived from organism
It is highly toxic but has found pharmacological use as a conjugate in antibody cancer therapeutics (e.g.
References
*http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20010226/nicolaou3.html
*J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1989 Jul;42(7):1070-87.
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