Tetracycline

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Food Biotechnology

An antibiotic that interferes with protein synthesis in prokaryotes.

An antibiotic that interferes with protein synthesis in prokaryotes. A gene encoding resistance to tetracycline has been widely used as a marker to distinguish between transformed and non-transformed cells in the production of transgenic plants.

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Cancer

An antibiotic drug used to treat infection.

Healthcare› Medicine

Malaria

An antibiotic drug that can be used against malaria for treatment only, not prevention.

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