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A protein that binds one of these compounds is engineered from a Tn10 gene product and the VP16 transactivator domain in a common inducible gene expression system. One type of these compounds forms the substrate of zinc-containing metalloenzymes that are class B in a classification scheme named for Ambler. A solution containing tryptone and yeast solution is commonly supplemented with these compounds to check for uptake of pUC19 or other vectors. One of these compounds prevents crosslinking of N-acetylglucosamine and (10[1])N-acetylmuramic acid and contains a characteristic four-atom ring. (10[1]-5[1])That type of these compounds, beta-lactams, (10[1])disrupt the peptidoglycan layer of the cell wall. For 10 points, penicillin is what kind (10[1])of drug (10[2])that kills bacteria? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: antibiotics [accept specific types of antibiotics like beta-lactams or penicillins or macrolides or aminoglycosides or carbapenems or cephalosporins or tetracyclines or ampicillin or carbenicillin or kanamycin or neomycin or puromycin]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ATufts B7910
Rajat SethiNortheastern AYale A87-5
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeises Brew8710
Peter NelsonYale BBowdoin B9310
Yixi YangYale ANortheastern A10810
Graham CloseBoston University AClark A11010
Yvonne PanAmherst ABoston University B11010
Richard LimBowdoin ADiamond Brandeis11410
Alex JiangBrown ATufts A11410
Kevin ZhengYale CCarabrandeis11410

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