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Many antibiotics inhibit prokaryotic translation without disrupting protein synthesis of the host cell. These antibiotics work via all of the following mechanisms EXCEPT

A

Antibiotics bind to the ribosomal 50S subunit to prevent translation

B

Antibiotics bind to the ribosomal 40S subunit to prevent translation

C

Antibiotics bind 70S ribosomes a similar sites and with similar efficacies

D

Antibiotics bind free ribosomes in the cytoplasm

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