Macrolides: the plug is out.
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Abstract
Macrolide antibiotics are thought to clog up the ribosomal tunnel and thereby block general protein synthesis. By using a combination of elegant in vivo and in vitro approaches, Kannan et al. show that the inhibitory action of these drugs on bacterial protein synthesis is selective rather than global.