A New Antibiotic Is Developed That Interferes with the Way

question 56

Multiple Choice

A new antibiotic is developed that interferes with the way tRNA fits into bacterial ribosomes. How would this kill the bacteria?

• A) The bacteria would be unable to produce necessary enzymes to carry out basic metabolism.
• B) The tRNA would be unable to carry out transcription.
• C) Ribosomes would not be able to produce mRNA, and cell functions would halt.
• D) tRNA would not unwind the DNA to allow DNA polymerase to copy it; thus, cell division would stop.

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