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The Antibiotic Tetracycline Disrupts Protein Synthesis by

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The antibiotic tetracycline disrupts protein synthesis by


A) binding the prokaryotic ribosomal subunit which inhibits the binding of aminoacyl tRNAs.
B) binding the eukaryotic 40S ribosomal subunit which inhibits the binding of aminoacyl tRNAs.
C) competing for aminoacyl-tRNA binding in the A-site of the prokaryotic 50S ribosomal subunit.
D) competing for aminoacyl-tRNA binding in the A-site of the eukaryotic 60S ribosomal subunit.
E) binding the prokaryotic 50S ribosomal subunit and preventing translocation of the peptidyl-tRNA to the P-site.

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