Antimicrobials as promoters of genetic variation

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-569

  Blázquez, Jesús ^a   Couce, Alejandro ^a   Rodríguez Beltrán, Jerónimo ^a   Rodríguez Rojas, Alexandro ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA; FREE RADICAL; MITOMYCIN C; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RIFAMPICIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DNA REPAIR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERTANT; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DNA DAMAGE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84868103205     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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