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Select the antibiotic which inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by interfering with translocation of elongating peptide chain from acceptor site back to the peptidyl site of the ribosome so that ribosome does not move along the mRNA and the peptide chain is prematurely terminated: A. Chloramphenicol B. Erythromycin C. Tetracycline D. Streptomycin

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Select the antibiotic which inhibits bacterial protein
synthesis by interfering with translocation of
elongating peptide chain from acceptor site back to
the peptidyl site of the ribosome so that ribosome
does not move along the mRNA and the peptide chain
is prematurely terminated:
A. Chloramphenicol
B. Erythromycin
C. Tetracycline
D. Streptomycin
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