Figure 202 the Antibiotic Chloramphenicol Binds to the 50S Subunit

question 27

Multiple Choice

Figure 20.2 The antibiotic chloramphenicol binds to the 50S subunit of the ribosome, as shown in Figure 20.2. The effect is to

• A) prevent peptide bond formation in prokaryotes.
• B) prevent transcription in prokaryotes.
• C) prevent polypeptide elongation in eukaryotes.
• D) prevent ribosome formation in bacteria.
• E) prevent mRNA-ribosome binding in eukaryotes.

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