Transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes via phage-related mobile elements

Plasmid

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Brown Jaque, Maryury ^a   Calero Cáceres, William ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteriophages; GTA; ICE; MGE

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL CONTACT; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES;

EID: 84922753427     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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