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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
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeises Brew8710
Rajat SethiNortheastern AYale A87-5
Peter NelsonYale BBowdoin B9310
Yixi YangYale ANortheastern A10810
Yvonne PanAmherst ABoston University B11010
Graham CloseBoston University AClark A11010
Alex JiangBrown ATufts A11410
Kevin ZhengYale CCarabrandeis11410
Richard LimBowdoin ADiamond Brandeis11410

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