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

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
Russell Nip (UG)UBC AUBC B61-5
Euan McCubbin (UG)UW BUW A7810
Jonathan Ho (DII)AlbertaSFU10010
Justin Qian (DII)UBC BUBC A11310

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