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OIDL Antibacterial Chemotherapy : Theory, Problems, and Practice

Sebastian Amyes

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Feb 2010
Print ISBN-13:
9780199581368
Published to Oxford Medicine:
May 2011
DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199581368.001.0001

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Genetics of antibiotic resistance

Chapter:
Genetics of antibiotic resistance
Author(s):

Sebastian Amyes

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780199581368.003.0005

• Mutations leading to resistance and the concept of the mutant prevention concentration (MPC).

• Bacterial plasmids as the transporters of resistance genes.

• The role of transposons and integrons in bringing the correct combination of resistance genes to a bacterium undergoing clinical treatment.

• The plasmid–bacterium relationship as a marriage of convenience.

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