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. 2019 May 18;20(10):2468. doi: 10.3390/ijms20102468

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Proposed antibacterial mechanisms of antibiotic-conjugated AuNPs. AuNPs act as antibiotic carriers and facilitate access to bacterial cell walls. Cefaclor or cefotaxime damage cell walls and enable AuNP entry, and AuNPs then prevent DNA from unwinding.