The origins of antibiotic resistance

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-30

  Wright, Gerard D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efflux; Evolution; Lateral gene transfer; Resistome

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMOXICILLIN; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE PEPTIDASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULFANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTOME; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CTX M GENE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERME GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GYRA GENE; GYRB GENE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; PARC GENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA ERYTHRACEA; SYPHILIS; VANA GENE; VANH GENE; VANHAX GENE; VANR GENE; VANS GENE; VANX GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL;

EID: 84870187507     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28951-4_2     Document Type: Article

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