"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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| 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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Plasmid labeling confirms bacterial translocation in pancreatitis. Am J Surg. 1994 Jan; 167(1):201-6; discussion 206-7.
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Structural and phenotypic varieties of gentamicin resistance plasmids in hospital strains of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 May; 21(5):773-9.