A Compound Would Make a Good Antibiotic If It Affects

Multiple Choice

A compound would make a good antibiotic if it affects a structure or process only found in bacterial cells and not in our eukaryotic cells. Which of the following actions would theoretically make a good antibiotic?

A) prevents repair of the peptidoglycan cell wall
B) damages the nuclear membrane
C) damages DNA
D) prevents ribosomes from producing proteins
E) stops cellular respiration