Self Quiz for Eukaryotic Cell Structure: Ribosomes

Self Quiz for Eukaryotic Cell Structure: Ribosomes Tutorial

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
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1. Briefly describe and state the function of eukaryotic ribosomes. (ans)

2. The antibiotics doxycycline and azithromycin inhibit bacteria by binding to their ribosomes and interfering with protein synthesis. Doxycyline binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit while azithromycin binds to the 50S subunit. Why don't these antibiotics interfere with our protein synthesis? (ans)

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