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Inhibitors of Nucleic Acid Synthesis pp 40–106Cite as

Inhibitors of RNA Synthesis that Interact with the DNA Template

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Part of the book series: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics ((MOLECULAR,volume 18))

Abstract

Antibiotics interfering with the transcription of DNA can at present be subdivided into two classes:

  1. 1.

    those interacting with the DNA template

  2. 2.

    those which specifically affect either prokaryotic or eukaryotic RNA polymerases. Chapter II is concerned with the inhibitors of the DNA template; Chapter III deals with the specific inhibitors of prokaryotic and eukaryotic RNA polymerase.

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Kersten, H., Kersten, W. (1974). Inhibitors of RNA Synthesis that Interact with the DNA Template. In: Inhibitors of Nucleic Acid Synthesis. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80855-5_3

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