Antibiotics at Work (IMAGE)

Medical University of South Carolina

Antibiotics at Work

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This image generated by X-ray crystallography shows a cephalosporin antibiotic, in pink, binding to a protein from the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. The spheres represent water molecules.

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