Cell wall synthesis, antibacterial drugs Penicillin

Antibacterial drugs that affect cell wall synthesis include two large femilies,the penicillins and cephalosporins, and two individual drugs, bacitracin and vancomycin. 

Antibacterial drugs that inhibit cell wall synthesis penicillins, cephalosporins and vancomycin... 

Figure 9.3 Targets for antibacterial drugs. The various classes of antibacterial drugs exert their effects at one of the four fundamental structural components of bacteria. Each of these components is vulnerable to drug attack. Penicillin, for example, attacks at the level of the cell wall chloramphenicol, however, works at the level of bacterial protein synthesis.

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