"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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The erythromycin resistance gene of the Corynebacterium xerosis R-plasmid pTP10 also carrying chloramphenicol, kanamycin, and tetracycline resistances is capable of transposition in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Plasmid. 1995 May; 33(3):168-79.
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Molecular mechanisms for transposition of drug-resistance genes and other movable genetic elements. Rev Infect Dis. 1987 Mar-Apr; 9(2):357-68.
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Phasmid vectors for identification of genes by complementation of Escherichia coli mutants. J Bacteriol. 1985 May; 162(2):777-83.