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. 1973 Sep;4(3):380–382. doi: 10.1128/aac.4.3.380

Mode of Action of Lividomycin on Protein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

Masahito Yamaguchi 1,2, Junji Eda 1,2, Fujio Kobayashi 1,2, Susumu Mitsuhashi 1,2
PMCID: PMC444562  PMID: 4586150

Abstract

Lividomycin specifically inhibited bacterial protein synthesis and had codon misreading activity. Lividomycin, moreover, stimulated the binding of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid to ribosomes, but did not show any significant effects on the formation of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid and the puromycin reaction.

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