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Title: Is Oxytetracycline related to tetracycline?
Post by: thedoc on 06/09/2011 17:59:11

Is Oxytetracycline related to tetracycline?
Asked by Norman, Hunstanton


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Title: Is Oxytetracycline related to tetracycline?
Post by: thedoc on 06/09/2011 17:59:11

We answered this question on the show...



Yes.  They're both molecules which are structurally related to each other [and work to suppress the growth of bacteria via the same mechanism, which is by binding to the "A" sites in bacterial ribosomes and blocking the process of protein translation].