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Tetracycline

tetracycline

(Science: drug) broad spectrum antibiotic that blocks binding of aminoacyl tRNA to the ribosomes of both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms (and those of organelles). Produced by streptomyces aureofasciens.

Other exaples include tetracycline, demeclocycline and doxycycline.


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