In silico analysis of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microflora of individuals from diverse geographies and age-groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ghosh, Tarini Shankar ^a   Gupta, Sourav Sen ^b   Nair, Gopinath Balakrish ^b   Mande, Sharmila S ^a  

^a TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES   (India)

^b Translational Health Science and Technology Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTIG MAPPING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896696110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083823     Document Type: Article

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