 R Factors
"R Factors" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of plasmids that transfer antibiotic resistance from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
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D011815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.600.600
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| Concept/Terms |
R Factors- R Factors
- Factors, R
- Resistance Factors
- Factors, Resistance
- R Plasmids
- Plasmids, R
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1982 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "R Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Robicsek A, Jacoby GA, Hooper DC. The worldwide emergence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance. Lancet Infect Dis. 2006 Oct; 6(10):629-40.
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Clewell DB, Jaworski DD, Flannagan SE, Zitzow LA, Su YA. The conjugative transposon Tn916 of Enterococcus faecalis: structural analysis and some key factors involved in movement. Dev Biol Stand. 1995; 85:11-7.
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Kazantsev GB, Hecht DW, Rao R, Fedorak IJ, Gattuso P, Thompson K, Djuricin G, Prinz RA. Plasmid labeling confirms bacterial translocation in pancreatitis. Am J Surg. 1994 Jan; 167(1):201-6; discussion 206-7.
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Greenberg JT, Monach P, Chou JH, Josephy PD, Demple B. Positive control of a global antioxidant defense regulon activated by superoxide-generating agents in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug; 87(16):6181-5.
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Kaatz GW, Seo SM, Dorman NJ, Lerner SA. Emergence of teicoplanin resistance during therapy of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. J Infect Dis. 1990 Jul; 162(1):103-8.
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Hobden JA, O'Callaghan RJ, Hill JM, Reidy JJ, Rootman DS, Thompson HW. Tobramycin iontophoresis into corneas infected with drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Curr Eye Res. 1989 Nov; 8(11):1163-9.
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Perlin MH, Lerner SA. High-level amikacin resistance in Escherichia coli due to phosphorylation and impaired aminoglycoside uptake. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 Feb; 29(2):216-24.
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Burck C, Shapiro JA, Hauer B. The p lambda CM system: phage immunity-specific incompatibility with IncP-1 plasmids. Mol Gen Genet. 1984; 194(1-2):340-2.
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Meyer R, Laux R, Boch G, Hinds M, Bayly R, Shapiro JA. Broad-host-range IncP-4 plasmid R1162: effects of deletions and insertions on plasmid maintenance and host range. J Bacteriol. 1982 Oct; 152(1):140-50.
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Perlin MH, Lerner SA. Decreased susceptibility to 4'-deoxy-6'-N-methylamikacin (BB-K311) conferred by a mutant plasmid in Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Jul; 22(1):78-82.
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