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tetracycline hydrochloride The hydrochloride salt of tetracycline, a broad-spectrum naphthacene antibiotic produced semisynthetically from chlortetracycline, an antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. In bacteria, tetracycline blocks binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis and bacterial cell growth. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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US brand name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005055338im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Achromycin | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005055338im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Abbreviation: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005055338im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) | TETRA | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081005055338im_/http://www.nci.nih.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
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