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.
Cancer
An antibiotic drug used to treat infection.
Malaria
An antibiotic drug that can be used against malaria for treatment only, not prevention.
- — Malaria Glossary retrieved 2014-06-01