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An antibiotic that inhibits polypeptide synthesis by competing with aminoacyl-tRNA for the ribosomal binding site A. An antibiotic that is an analog of the terminal aminoacyl-adenosine part of aminoacyltrna; in translation, it causes premature chain termination when its amino group joins the carboxyl group of the growing polypeptide chain and the resulting adduct dissociates from the ribosomal complex.
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