"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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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "R Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Coexistence of two novel resistance plasmids, blaKPC-2-carrying p14057A and tetA(A) -carrying p14057B, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Virulence. 2018 01 01; 9(1):306-311.
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Multi-institute analysis of carbapenem resistance reveals remarkable diversity, unexplained mechanisms, and limited clonal outbreaks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 01 31; 114(5):1135-1140.