Ciprofloxacin

Ciprofloxacin is the generic international name for the synthetic antibiotic manufactured and sold by Bayer Pharmaceutical under the brand name Cipro® (and other brand names in other markets, e.g. veterinary drugs), belonging to a group called fluoroquinolones.

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Antibiotic - Bayer Pharmaceutical - Veterinary drugs - Fluoroquinolone

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Ciprofloxacin is bactericidal and its mode of action depends on blocking of bacterial DNA replication by binding itself to an

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Bactericidal - Mode of action - DNA - Replication

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enzyme called DNA gyrase, which allows the untwisting required to replicate one DNA double helix into two. Notably the drug has 100 times higher affinity for bacterial DNA gyrase than for mammalian.

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Enzyme - DNA gyrase - DNA - Double helix

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