Throwing a spanner in the works: Antibiotics and the translation apparatus

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 423-439

  Spahn, C M T ^a   Prescott, C D ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b Office 1 3914   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Elongation factors; Ribosomal RNA; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ELONGATION FACTOR; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; INITIATION FACTOR; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; MOCIMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PUROMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; THIOSTREPTON; VIOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0029745623     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00217518     Document Type: Review

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