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Chapter 15, Problem 3VCQ
Figure 15.16 Many antibiotics inhibit bacterial protein synthesis. For example, tetracycline blocks the A site on the bacterial ribosome, and chloramphenicol blocks peptidyl transfer. What specific effect would you expect each of these antibiotics to have on protein synthesis? Tetracycline would directly affect:
- tRNA binding to the ribosome
- ribosome assembly
- growth of the protein chain Chloramphenicol would directly affect
- tRNA binding to the ribosome
- ribosome assembly
- growth of the protein chain
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