Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Protein synthesis

Protein synthesis — practice question

Some antibiotics act by attaching to ribosomes and stopping protein synthesis. Which statement explains why these antibiotics destroy bacterial cells but do not affect human cells?

  • AIn bacterial cells mRNA is formed in the cytoplasm from naked DNA.
  • BRibosomes in human cells have a different structure from those in bacterial cells.
  • CThe antibiotics cannot pass through human cell surface membranes.
  • DThe tRNA molecules in bacterial cells are different from those in human cells.

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