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. 1968 Jul;60(3):873–880. doi: 10.1073/pnas.60.3.873

Mechanism of action of streptomycin in E. coli: interruption of the ribosome cycle at the initiation of protein synthesis.

L Luzzatto, D Apirion, D Schlessinger
PMCID: PMC225133  PMID: 4875806

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