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obstacle, one that still allows you to use transgenic esce Propose E coli for antibiotic production. an eréctve strategy for overcoming this 4. Clavulanic acid is not an antibiotic, but is sometimes given in combination with specific antibiotics. a. Which antibiotics? b. Why? What does clavulanic acid do, and why does it help fight disease? c. Do you think that bacteria could develop (by mutation or horizontal gene transfer) resistance to the effects of clavulanic acid? If so, how do you envision (at the cell and molecular level) the mechanism of this clavulanic acid resistance? d.

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A. Amoxycillin

B) clavuclinc acif is a competitive inhibitor of ß-lactamase, meaning that it 'tricks' the bacteria into binding to it instead of the 'real' antibiotic, thus allowing the antibiotic to overcome resistance

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