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Resistance mutations generate divergent antibiotic susceptibility profiles against translation inhibitors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jul 2016
Cocozaki Alexis I, Altman Roger B, Huang Jian, Buurman Ed T, Kazmirski Steven L, Doig Peter, Prince D Bryan, Blanchard Scott C, Cate Jamie H D, Ferguson Andrew D
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Mutations conferring resistance to translation inhibitors often alter the structure of rRNA. Reduced susceptibility to distinct structural antibiotic classes may, therefore, emerge when a common ribosomal binding site is perturbed, which significantly reduces the clinical utility of these agents. The translation inhibitors negamycin and tetracycline interfere with tRNA binding to the aminoacyl-tRNA site on the...
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