Abstract
Antibiotics inhibiting protein synthesis in prokaryotes can be divided into three groups, according to their targets: (1) 30S ribosomal subunits, (2) 50S subunits; and (3) cytoplasmic factors (the initiation factors IF1, 2 and 3; the elongation factors EF-Tu, EF-Ts and EF-G; and the termination factors RF-1, 2 and 3) (Table 1). Virginiamycin-like antibiotics (synergimycins) belong to the second group. The articles of Weisblum and Davies (1968), Vázquez (1974), Pongs et al. (1974), and Pestka (1971,1976,1977), and the volumes of Vázquez (1979) and of Gale et al. (1981) review literature data on antibiotics acting at the ribosome level.
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Cocito, C. (1983). Properties of Virginiamycin-like Antibiotics (Synergimycins), Inhibitors Containing Synergistic Components. In: Hahn, F.E. (eds) Modes and Mechanisms of Microbial Growth Inhibitors. Antibiotics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68946-8_19
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