Figure 20.1 -The Antibiotic Tetracycline Binds to the 30S Subunit of the 30S

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Figure 20.1

-The antibiotic tetracycline binds to the 30S subunit of the ribosome,as shown by the dark black bar on the right portion of the diagram in Figure 20.1.The effect is to

A) prevent attachment of DNA.
B) prevent peptide bond formation.
C) prevent transcription.
D) stop the ribosome from moving along the mRNA.
E) interfere with the attachment of the tRNA to mRNA-ribosome complex.