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• Structural analysis of kasugamycin inhibition of translation.

  Schuwirth BS, Day JM, Hau CW, Janssen GR, Dahlberg AE, Cate JH, Vila-Sanjurjo A. Schuwirth BS, et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2006 Oct;13(10):879-86. doi: 10.1038/nsmb1150. Epub 2006 Sep 24. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2006. PMID: 16998486 Free PMC article.
• The antibiotic kasugamycin mimics mRNA nucleotides to destabilize tRNA binding and inhibit canonical translation initiation.

  Schluenzen F, Takemoto C, Wilson DN, Kaminishi T, Harms JM, Hanawa-Suetsugu K, Szaflarski W, Kawazoe M, Shirouzu M, Nierhaus KH, Yokoyama S, Fucini P. Schluenzen F, et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2006 Oct;13(10):871-8. doi: 10.1038/nsmb1145. Epub 2006 Sep 24. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2006. PMID: 16998488