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The antibiotic streptolydigin inhibits RNA polymerase by reducing the rate of RNA chain growth. It does not affect the fidelity of transcription.
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CASSANI, G., BURGESS, R., GOODMAN, H. et al. Inhibition of RNA Polymerase by Streptolydigin. Nature New Biology 230, 197–200 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio230197a0
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