okay so i really need help with antibiotics so i know they weaken the bacteria walls stop protein synthesis and stop DNA replication but could someone explain these in more detail?
thanks sooooo much!
thanks sooooo much!
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Try these resources:
http://scienceaid.co.uk/biology/micro/an…
http://www.drreddy.com/antibx.html
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/cms/How-We…
http://scienceaid.co.uk/biology/micro/an…
http://www.drreddy.com/antibx.html
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/cms/How-We…
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Most antibiotics work at the level of enzyme inhibition. The antibiotic will bind or denature a key enzyme in each of these processes you have listed. For example, penicillin works by binding transpeptidase which is responsible for connecting the vertical peptide side chains which is what connects the sheets of the glycocalyx. By inhibiting this action, the bacterial cell wall is unable to from and is weakened. There are many antibiotics with many modes of action, and if you want more examples you will have to look them up.