How does streptomycin actually work?

Subject: How does streptomycin actually work?

Date: Tue Nov 11 06:31:12 2003
Posted by Joe
Grade level: undergrad School: Oxford Brookes University
City: Oxford State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1068553872.Bc

Message:


Having just completed an experiment on the effects of various antibiotics on 
the protein synthesis of E. coli, i became interested in exactly which part of 
protein synthesis streptomycin acted (Initialtion / Elongation / Termination) 
and how.
Any explanations / links would be most useful.

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