What is topoisomerase and what is its function in DNA replication?
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is a wide?spectrum antibiotic that inhibits bacterial forms of topoisomerase. Show more Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is a wide?spectrum antibiotic that inhibits bacterial forms of topoisomerase. It was widely known 10 years ago as the antibiotic that was being stockpiled in case of a bioterrorism attack with anthrax. Now it is prescribed for severe but common bacterial infections on a fairly regular basis. a. What is topoisomerase and what is its function in DNA replication? b. If a patient with a bacterial infection is treated Cipro what will be the likely effects on the bacterial infection? In your response cover all (1) the specific effects on the bacterial DNA (and reasons for those effects) (2) the effects on the bacteria as a whole and (3) the effects on the patients infection Show less