"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "R Factors" by people in Profiles.
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Termination of DNA replication of bacterial and plasmid chromosomes. Mol Microbiol. 1999 Mar; 31(6):1611-8.
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The replication initiator protein pi of the plasmid R6K specifically interacts with the host-encoded helicase DnaB. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 May 28; 93(11):5522-6.
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In vivo R-plasmid transfer in a patient with a mixed infection of shigella dysentery. Epidemiol Infect. 1994 Apr; 112(2):247-52.
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Increased frequency of large R-plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae colonizing patients with spinal cord injury. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1993 Jan; 16(1):25-9.
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Isomeric DNA ladder formation of a plasmid encoding tobramycin resistance from Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1991 Nov; 28(5):627-37.
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Enhancer-origin interaction in plasmid R6K involves a DNA loop mediated by initiator protein. Cell. 1988 Feb 12; 52(3):375-83.
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Conformational changes in a replication origin induced by an initiator protein. Cell. 1985 Nov; 43(1):189-97.
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Comparison of tetracycline and minocyclie transport in Escherichia Coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1975 Jun; 7(6):801-6.