Ampicillin USP

Supplier: TEKNOVA CA

A9511 A9510 A9511 A9510
CA100219-890EA 499.86 CAD
CA100219-890 100219-890 CA100217-496 100217-496
Ampicillin USP
Ampicillin

Ampicillin is used as a selectable marker in many commonly used plasmids. A functional Ampicillin gene will confer resistance to cells containing the plasmid.


  • Inhibits cell wall synthesis by inhibiting formation of the peptidoglycan cross-linkages
  • Acts as a competitive inhibitor of transpeptidase


Inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by binding to one or more of the penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) that inhibit the final transpeptidation step of peptidoglycan synthesis in bacterial cell walls, thus inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis.

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