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Effect of mutations in the A site of 16 S rRNA on aminoglycoside antibiotic-ribosome interaction.
Journal of molecular biology - 12 Feb 1999
Recht M I, Douthwaite S, Dahlquist K D, Puglisi J D
Abstract excerpt
Decoding of genetic information occurs upon interaction of an mRNA codon-tRNA anticodon complex with the small subunit of the ribosome. The ribosomal decoding region is associated with highly conserved sequences near the 3' end of 16 S rRNA. The decoding process is perturbed by the aminoglycoside antibiotics, which also interact with this region of rRNA. Mutations of certain nucleotides in rRNA reduce...
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