Noninherited resistance to antibiotics

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5690, 2004, Pages 1578-1579

  Levin, Bruce R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

MEDICINE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CLONE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIVISION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 4644247782     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1103077     Document Type: Review

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15. Dedicated to the memory of John A. Barrett, a friend and the founder of the EcLF (E. coli Liberation Front). I thank R. Regoes, C. Wiuff, and D. Rozen for helpful comments. Supported by NIH grants GM33782 and Al40662 and by the British Wellcome Trust (IPRAVE project).