Question

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 (-5[1])of pUC19 or other vectors. One of these compounds prevents crosslinking (10[1])of N-acetylglucosamine and (-5[1])N-acetylmuramic (10[1])acid (10[1])and contains a characteristic four-atom ring. (-5[1])That type of these compounds, (-5[1])beta-lactams, (-5[1])disrupt the peptidoglycan (10[1])layer of the cell wall. For 10 points, penicillin (10[1])is what kind of drug that kills bacteria? (10[1])■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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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y1100%0%100%114.00
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y6100%0%33%97.33
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%56%99.22
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%99.00
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%105.13
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%97.00
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y5100%0%0%101.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt SchiavoneNorthwestern APurdue A65-5
Arthur GaydenUChicago AIndiana A7610
Yash MandaviaUIUC BUIUC A79-5
Samarth RamUChicago BWashU D8010
Evan DaviesMiamiUIUC C8110
Jiping FangUIUC DUChicago C87-5
Ishaan SinghPurdue BUChicago D92-5
Logan MathisSIUE AIndiana B93-5
Matthew WestPurdue ANorthwestern A9610
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU CNotre Dame10510
Emmett ChoUChicago DPurdue B11310
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BSIUE A11410
Akshar GoyalUIUC AUIUC B11410
Benny FeldmanUChicago CUIUC D11410