Differential epigenetic compatibility of qnr antibiotic resistance determinants with the chromosome of Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sánchez, María B ^a   Martínez, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBENICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; PHARMACOLOGY; QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIGENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PLASMID; QNR GENE; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETICS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHARMACOLOGY; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES; SHEWANELLA;

IM; MLCS; MLOWN; NLM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHEWANELLA ALGAE;

EID: 84871286526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035149     Document Type: Article

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