The mechanism of antibacterial action of tetracycline involves (a) Binding to a component of the 50S ribosomal subunit (b) Inhibition of translocase activity (c) Blockade of binding of aminoacyl – tRNA to bacterial ribosomes (d) Selective inhibition of ribosomal peptidyl transferases (e) Inhibition of DNA–dependent RNA polymerase

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