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... • By directs effects on DNA itself. Alkalating agents form covalent bonds with bases in the DNA and prevent replication. Compounds with this action are only used in cancer chemotherapy and include nitrogen mustard derivatives and nitrosoureas mitomycin also binds covalently to DNA. No antibacterial agents work by these mechanisms.
Antibacterial Drugs
This essay looks at various Antibacterial Drugs, whereby it discusses on synthesis of peptidoglycan, the process of peptidoglycan synthesis, Protein synthesis and Nucleic acid sythesis
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Antibacterial Drugs The synthesis of peptidoglycan Peptidoglycan constitutes the cell wall of bacteria and does not occur in eukaryotes. In synthesizing the peptidoglycan layer, the cell has the problem of using cytoplasmic components to build up the very large insoluble structure on the outside of cell membrane. It is necessary to transport the components, which are synthesized ...... • By directs effects on DNA itself. Alkalating agents form covalent bonds with bases in the DNA and prevent replication. Compounds with this action are only used in cancer chemotherapy and include nitrogen mustard derivatives and nitrosoureas mitomycin also binds covalently to DNA. No antibacterial agents work by these mechanisms.
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