In Working with a Potentially New Antibiotic, You Are Attempting

question 18

Multiple Choice

In working with a potentially new antibiotic, you are attempting to determine where in prokaryotic translation this antibiotic has its effect. You have determined thus far that it interacts with a translational factor, but need to identify which one. If this antibiotic interfered with elongation, which of the following factors could be a potential site of action?

• A)IF- 3 interaction with an aminoacyl tRNA
• B)EF- Tu interaction with an aminoacyl tRNA
• C)EF- Tu placement of N- formyl met onto the ribosome
• D)EF- Ts translocation of tRNAs from the A site to the P site
• E)all of the above

Distinguish between different cost concepts: total cost, average variable cost, and marginal cost.

Understand the concept of average total cost.

Identify how different costs behave as production levels change in the short run.

Apply basic mathematical operations to solve for costs in short-run production scenarios.

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