Persistence and reversal of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lopatkin, Allison J ^a   Meredith, Hannah R ^a   Srimani, Jaydeep K ^a   Pfeiffer, Connor ^b   Durrett, Rick ^b   You, Lingchong ^a,b,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; INCOMPATIBILITY; PERSISTENCE; PLASMID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85034785339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01532-1     Document Type: Article

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