This beta-lactam antibiotic is an aminopenicillin. Likepenicillin, it inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis bypreventing peptidoglycan cross-linking and murein assembly. Thepresence of an amino group confers greater efficacy againstGram-negative bacteria as compared to penicillin. Ampicillin iscommonly used in molecular biology to assay for gene uptake(e.g., plasmid vectors carrying the ampicillin resistance gene).
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