A Compound Would Make a Good Antibiotic If It Affects

question 58

Multiple Choice

A compound would make a good antibiotic if it affects a structure or process only found in bacterial cells and not in our eukaryotic cells. Which of the following actions would theoretically make a good antibiotic?

• A) prevents repair of the peptidoglycan cell wall
• B) damages the nuclear membrane
• C) damages DNA
• D) prevents ribosomes from producing proteins
• E) stops cellular respiration

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