Microbiology: An Introduction
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321733603
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 20, Problem 7MCQ
Which of the following will not affect eukaryotic cells?
- a. inhibition of the mitotic spindle
- b. binding with sterols
- c. binding to 80S ribosomes
- d. binding to DNA
- e. All of the above will affect them.
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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