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Antibiotic Inhibition of Protein Synthesis
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1Which of the following statements about aminoglycosides is TRUE?
A)include streptomycin
B)bind to the 30S ribosomal subunit of the bacterial ribosome
C)cause misreading of the mRNA code
D)A and B
E)A, B and C



2Erythromycin binds to the ______ subunit of bacterial ribosomes thereby inhibiting peptide chain _______.
A)50S; initiation
B)50S; elongation
C)30S; initiation
D)30S; elongation
E)30S; termination



3Which of the following mechanisms can make a bacterium resistant to tetracycline?
A)chemical modification of the drug
B)pumping the drug out of the cell
C)enhancing the binding of the drug to the ribosome
D)A and B
E)A, B and C



4Antibiotics that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis target the 80S ribosomes and therefore do not affect eukaryotes which have 70S ribosomes.
A)True
B)False



5Tetracyclines inhibit the binding of aminoacyl-tRNAs to the P site of the bacterial ribosome.
A)True
B)False







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