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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Enzyme Inhibitors > Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

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Protein Synthesis Inhibitors  

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  • Antagonist, Protein Synthesis
  • Antagonists, Protein Synthesis
  • Inhibitor, Protein Synthesis
  • Protein Synthesis Antagonist
  • Protein Synthesis Antagonists
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitor
  • Synthesis Antagonist, Protein
  • Synthesis Inhibitor, Protein

Scope note

  • Compounds which inhibit the synthesis of proteins. They are usually ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS or toxins. Mechanism of the action of inhibition includes the interruption of peptide-chain elongation, the blocking the A site of ribosomes, the misreading of the genetic code or the prevention of the attachment of oligosaccharide side chains to glycoproteins.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011500

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