Question

Some antibiotics can harm the ribosomes in animal cells. Which of the following would you predict to be the most likely long term effect of damage to ribosomes?

Answer 1

Likely if you harm the ribosomes the cell will die. Cells absolutely require ribosomes for normal functioning...they are constantly replacing proteins (including enzymes and the ribosomal proteins) to keep alive.

Answer 2

Cells would die because they would not be able to create the proteins needed to carry out life functions.