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Which of the antibiotic can halt translocation of the ribosome bound to the mRNA?(a) Fusidic acid(b) Streptomycin(c) Rifampicin(d) ChloramphenicolThe question was posed to me during an online exam.This key question is from Ribosome in chapter Gene Expression : Translation of Cytogenetics

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Right OPTION is (a) Fusidic acid

To ELABORATE: Fusidic acid inhibits elongation in prokaryotes in a way that it BINDS to Ef-G-GDP permanently and doesn’t allow the ribosome to FALL off.



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